Bardolino
In areas known today for the production of Bardolino, the population was engaged in viticulture as early as the Bronze Age, as evidenced by fossilized grape seeds from palafite settlements near towns such as: Peschiera, Please, Cisano, Pacengo i Bor. The name derived from the German language may come from (as the legend wants it) from the name of Bardali, daughter of King Axuletus and granddaughter of Mantus, founder of Mantua. The legend of Bardali was quoted by the Roman poet Virgil, and later it was used in The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri himself.
In the Middle Ages, when there is a clear shift away from agricultural production, The cultivation of vines and the production of Bardolino was continued by the monks of the Church of Saint Columban, thanks to which this species has not disappeared from the wine map of the world forever. Until the early nineteenth century, it was a common practice in the production of Bardolino to leave the must for fermentation in holes drilled in a waterproof substrate., covered with a stone slab.
Bardolino is made from several grape varieties, each of which has a different one to fulfill, strictly defined function. Corvina gives the wine body and color. Rondinella is responsible for the properties of the wine and its slightly greasy taste. Molinara makes, that the wine is aromatic, and Negrara gives it freshness and delicacy.
Consorzio Tutela Vino Bardolino
Piazza Giacomo Matteotti, 8
37011 Bardolino (VR)
ITALY