Amarone della Valpolicella
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CLASSIFICATION:
D.O.C.G.
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TYPE:
Red
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COUNTRY:
Italy
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REGION:
Veneto
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PROVINCE:
Verona
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VINTAGE AVAILABLE:
2016
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GRAPE VARIETY:
68% Corvina, 8% Rondinella, 24% Corvinone
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TYPE OF FARMING:
Conventional
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HARVEST:
Late September-early October.
The grapes are picked and placed in crates, then left to dry for 3-4 months in well ventilated lofts. The must is fermented in controlled-temperature stainless steel-vats at 23-25°C, with 15-20 days’ maceration on the skins.
After fermentation, the wine matures for 18 months in French and Slavonian oak barrels.
Deep ruby red in colour. It has a heady and spicy nose, marked by a very sweet sensation of ripened fruit and enlivened by a slight citrus hint. On the palate the wine is rounded, mouth-filling and velvety, with a complex and elegant structure.
75 cl Bordeaux-style bottles.
