Grappa Erminia Capovilla Last Century is part of four special distillations created by maestro Gianni Capovilla at the end of last century for a friend who died prematurely. The entire stock, set aside since then, was rediscovered and selected by Luca Gargano, who gave it the name Century, referring to the fact that the bottlings date back to the late 1990s.
This grappa comes to life through the meticulous bain-marie distillation of the marc from two renowned wines from the Veneto region: Amarone della Valpolicella and Recioto di Soave. After the distillation process, Grappa Erminia rests patiently for a long period and is then brought to the desired alcohol content, using only spring water, without any other additions.

From a strictly technical point of view, grappa is defined as the distillate obtained from the fermentation of Italian pomace. Grappa, however, represents many other things, all linked to a specific...

Vittorio Gianni Capovilla emigrated from Bassano del Grappa at the age of 10, moving with his parents to German-speaking Switzerland. He returned to the Veneto when he was 15, then to Switzerland at 19,...
Distillates have different alcoholpercentages. So, we have defined a parameter allowing you to better understand and compare different prices. This parameter is calculated by dividing the bottle price by the alcohol content. The alcohol content (or strength) is the amount of pure alcohol (ethanol) contained in the distillate.
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