Silvio Carta Srl

Typology: dessert wine.
Bottle size: 75 cl.
Alcohol content: 19% Vol.
Aspect: ancient gold.
Scent: intriguing flavour of chestnut honey and amaretto.
Taste: articulate, moderately sweet and fresh, almost of a liquor, it ends with a lingering
bitter almond note.

Curiosities
It is the year that marked the last vinification by the Silvio Carta company in the historic headquarters
located in Via Dante at Baratili San Pietro. But also the year of the last harvest carried out in three
phases. The first harvest was dedicated to the most mature and healthy grapes. Ten to 15 days after the
first harvest, the second one was reserved to the most sugary clusters, reinvigorated by a lightened – and
therefore, naturally more generous – vine. Finally, the third and final harvest was for the production of
San Martino wine, the lightest and ready-to-drink wine. This was the tradition for the harvest of Vernaccia
grapes, until then. It was 1968. In 1968, I was only 17. I was enrolled at the Scuola Enologica
di Conegliano, forged by spending my life away from home, spurred on by those who have always been
an example and a strength to me: Silvio and Anna Maria. With their sacrifices, my father and my
mother allowed me to study and open up to the world, while never neglecting the value of work and the
value of the land. This Vernaccia is dedicated to them.