Bianco 'Riva Arsiglia' Giovanni Menti 2024
Artisanal"Riva Arsiglia" is a white wine of great freshness and smoothness from the Giovanni Menti winery, an artisanal reality from Vicenza. On the palate, it is clear, smooth, and agile, with a mineral and savory matrix, accompanied by a bouquet of citrus, wildflowers, and hints of aromatic herbs.
The White “Riva Arsiglia” by Giovanni Menti originates from a family-run winery located in Veneto, in the Gambellara area, since the late 1800s. Giovanni Menti began cultivating fruit, legumes, and vegetables on this land for personal use; after World War II, his son Antonio introduced vine cultivation, starting the production of dry and sweet wines. Since 2002, his grandson Stefano has been working in the winery, bringing innovation and increasingly focusing on biodynamic agriculture, respecting nature and its development phases.
The white grapes for the White “Riva Arsiglia” by Giovanni Menti come from 60-year-old vineyards, on predominantly hilly volcanic soils, at an altitude ranging between 50 and 400 meters above sea level. The climate is generally dry, sunny and breezy with abundant rainfall even in the summer period, which leads to a drop in temperatures and greater thermal excursion between day and night, so much so that