AMARONE DELLA VALPOLICELLA
CLASSICO
GRAPES AND VINIFICATION:
Produced with Corvina, Rondinella and Corvinone grapes from vineyards situated in the Valpolicella Classico area. The grapes are pressed after 80/100 days of traditional drying in special rooms (fruttai). This wine matures in traditional large Slavonian oak casks
TASTING NOTE:
Our Amarone displays typical fruity fragrances of cherries and wild berry preserve, together with elegant hints of sweet spices and dark chocolate. A wine of great structure that is rich, rounded and velvety
SERVING SUGGESTIONS:
Ideal with roasts, game, braised meats and mature cheeses. In Verona it accompanies the traditional selection of assorted boiled meats.
TYPE OF SOIL: limestone mixed with clay; quite stony
MAIN GRAPES: Corvina, Rondinella, Corvinone
TRAINING SYSTEM: traditional Veronese Pergola
HARVEST PERIOD: end of September.
MATURATION: in traditional large Slavonian oak casks, prior to a further period of bottle-ageing
ALCOHOL: 15% vol.
SERVING TEMPERATURE: 18°/20°