LE STRIE winery produces a wine known as Valtellina Superiore D.O.C.G. Vintage 2005 is currently available.

From 2008 on we have a new wine called SassiFraga Terrazze Retiche di Sondrio IGT.
It is a nebbiolo grapes wine more fresh and fruity than the first one. It is fermented and matured in stainless steel vats.

Our first wine was released late in november 2004.

As for the 2003 harvest, we decided to release the wine using the denomination of origin "Rosso di Valtellina" D.O.C. This is because of the dry climate conditions which didn't allow us to produce a wine up to the quality standards we require.

In the vinification method, which is the same every year, grapes coming from "Sassella" and "Valgella" sub-zones are treated differently.

Sassella grapes are hand-harvested using boxes containing about 20 kg each. The boxes arrive, as soon as possible, at the winery where grapes are put through the de-stemmer and crusher.

The crushed grapes are pumped into a stainless steel tank where alcoholic fermentation takes place. The maceration time lasts about 8-10 days. At the end of the fermentation process the wine is transferred into medium size oak barrels.

"Valgella" grapes are accurately selected and hand-harvested in small boxes containing up to 4 kg each. "Valgella" grapes are partially dried for about 25-30 days and then vinified following the same process as "Sassella" grapes.

Once the fermentation is finished, the two wines are blended. The ageing process lasts at least 12 months inside medium size oak barrels.

The yield wine/grape is about 55% (according to the law, we could be allowed 70%).