The farm Ca 'the Blonde is Valgatara Marano, in the province of Verona. This small village of about 3,000 souls, which is 18 kilometers from the capital, is located in one of the Italian areas most suitable for the production of great red wines: Valpolicella. The Company Ca 'the blonde has more than a century old, it was born in 1902 on the initiative of Piero Castellani, which began to grow vines on the farm and make wine. Today another Piero Castellani, namesake and great-grandson of the founder, runs it with love, passion and success the company. The vineyards, which stretch for 29 acres, are planted mainly on a ground limestone and clay, rich in texture and are located at a height between 150 and 300 meters above sea level, also have a favorable exposure to the ripening of the grapes, and mail to the South to Southeast. The vines in the vineyard are the classic Corvina, Rondinella and Corvinone, giving rise to the famous wines Amarone and Recioto. In the vineyard Piero does not use herbicides or chemical fertilizers, and has restored all the dry stone walls to create terraces very favorable for a good grape ripening. The winery is built on several floors, which allow all the operations of winemaking by gravity yeasts used are native and absolutely do not do operations of clarification, filtration and stabilization; the crucial phase of the drying takes place on tables Cannettate, without any artificial control humidity and temperature: all according to the old country traditions of the region. Finally the wine is aged and aging in special oak barrels. From the vineyards of Ravazzo, perhaps the best of the farm, born Amarone "Vigne di Ravazzol" and "Reserve Ravazzo", two pearls of value in the landscape of the wines of Valpolicella.
