Mr Antonio Bennati was born in the year 1870 in Cazzano di Tramigna, a few kilometres from the celebrated town of Soave near Verona. At the end of the 19th century Mr Antonio began to produce and sell wine, mainly locally, in the famous straw flasks. Antonio was also nicknamed “Toni Recioto” from the homonym Verona sweet straw wine, as the winemaking of the more renowned Amarone had not been discovered yet.
It was in 1920 that his son Annibale Bennati registered the company under the name of Cantine Bennati (Bennati Wineries). The purchase of some hectares north of Cazzano took place in those years. This area was already denominated in topographic maps of that time “Cornalè”, which is a current range of wines of the Bennati family.
After the second world war, with the entry in the company of the young sons Ezio and Aldo, the winemaking expanded reaching all the most important varieties of Verona wines. The selection I Gadi, named after an area next to Cazzano, was born in this period. The aim of this line is to enhance the terroir with wines such as Soave, Bardolino, Valpolicella, bianco di Custoza and the great Amarone.
At the end of the Eighties, with the fourth generation, the family decided to follow the difficult but exciting path of excellence. Thus the selection Soraighe arose, an area located on the borderline between the Val Tramigna and the Val D'Alpone, exalting in a deeper and more remarkable way the great Verona wines that all the world envy, namely the interesting Valpolicella Ripasso, the fresh Lugana, the very good Classic Soave, the class Ireos and the austere and precious Amarone. In this period important investments in technology took place, in particular the purchase of a big wine barrel cellar (barricaia) for the refining of the red wines, giving a significant qualitative boost to the entire production chain. In confirmation of the big sacrifices and the success obtained the positive judgements from international and local critics could not fail. These have materialized with the prize-giving and the recommendation in some wine guidebooks.
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