DOC – Amarone della Valpolicella Classico
Grapes
70% Corvina
15% Corvinone
15% Rondinella
Tasting Notes
Ruby red, dense and compact.
Intense and persistent, ethereal, fruity with hints of cherries and dried prunes, dried flowers and spices.
Full bodied and very smooth, with beautifully balanced velvety tannins.
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Grape harvest: by hand from the end of September into early October.“Appassimento” (gentle drying) for 120 days.
Winemaking: Destemmed, then gentle pneumatic pressing at the beginning of February. Fermentation Temperature between 12-23°C. Slow maceration for 30 days (12 days cold). Manual punching down of the cap three times a day. Malolactic fermentation completed. Refinement in 50hl Slavonian oak casks for 40 months. Refinement in bottle for 6months.
Stabilization: Natural.