Amarone della Valpolicella DOCG Classico

Alcohol: 15,5% vol.

Area of Production: Region: Veneto. Classic area of Valpolicella north of Verona. Estate in the hills near the village of S. Ambrogio di Valpolicella.

Grapes: Produced in extremely limited quantities only in the best years from the best red grapes of Valpolicella ( 70% Corvina, 25% Rondinella and 5% Oseleta) which dry out in cases until late winter and are traditionally vinified in January-February.

Soil composition: Argillaceous and calcareous grounds of glacial and alluvial origin.

Vinification and Production System: Soft pressing, slow fermentation (that can last also some months) at controlled temperature (22-23°C.), ageing in oak wood butts for 3-5 years, cold bottling in sterile bottling line.

Organoleptic Description: Dry, warm, full-bodied and intense wine; its flavours and scents are emphasized by the very long period of ageing in wood butts.

Color: Dark brick ruby red.

Bouquet: Ethereal, intense, with the scents of the selected wooden barrels.

Taste: Intense and velvety.

Serving Temperature: To be served at room temperature (18-19°C.), after having uncorked the bottle one hour before.

Preservation: Already adequately aged and ready for consumption, but that can be kept for several years without any problem. Store in a fresh, dry and dark place.

Gastronomic Suggestions: Wine for roasts and games, very pleasant at the end of the meal with mature cheeses. This exceptional wine needs to be savoured slowly to be appreciated in full.

Total acidity:5.55 g/l
Sugar:9.00 g/l
Total SO2:110 mg/l
Free SO2:27 mg/l
Net dry extract:31.0 g/l
Volatile acidity:

0.47 g/l

VINTAGEAWARD
201893/100 “FALSTAFF 2023”
20184 GRAPES “BIBENDA 2024”
2018 94/100 “LUCA MARONI 2024”
20182 GLASSES “GAMBERO ROSSO”
20184 STARS “VINIBUONI D’ITALIA 2024”
20174 GRAPES “BIBENDA 2023”
20172 GLASSES “GAMBERO ROSSO 2023”
201796/100 “LUCA MARONI 2023”
20174 STARS “VINIBUONI D’ITALIA 2023”
20164 GRAPES “BIBENDA 2022”
201696/100 “LUCA MARONI 2022”
20161 HEART “MERUM 2021”
201691/100 “FALSTAFF 2020”
20154 GRAPES “BIBENDA 2021”
201593/100 “LUCA MARONI 2021”
20152 GLASSES“GAMBERO ROSSO 2021”
20154 STARS “VINIBUONI D’ITALIA 2021”
201393/100 “LUCA MARONI 2019”
20134 GRAPES “BIBENDA 2019”
20123 ROSETTE “VINETIA 2019”
201287 PUNTI “MEININGERS WEINWELT 2018”
2012SILVER MEDAL “ASIA IMPORT NEWS WINE CHALLENGE”
20121 HEART “MERUM”
201188/100 “PROSIT-ONAV 2018”
20113 ROSETTE “VINETIA 2018”
20114 GRAPES “BIBENDA 2017”
20112 GLASSES “GAMBERO ROSSO 2017”
201189/100 “LUCA MARONI 2017”
20114 GRAPES “BIBENDA 2016”
201088/100 “LUCA MARONI 2016”
20091 GLASS “GAMBERO ROSSO 2014”
200987/100 “LUCA MARONI 2014”
20094 GRAPES “BIBENDA AIS 2014”
2009DIPLOMA “VERONA WINE TOP 2013”
20074 STARS “DECANTER”
200790/100 “LUCA MARONI 2012”
20073 GRAPES “DUEMILAVINI AIS 2012”
2007DIPLOMA “VERONA WINE TOP 2011”
20054 GRAPES “DUEMILAVINI AIS 2010”
200588/100 “VERONELLI 2010”
2003SILVER MEDAL “MUNDUS VINI IN GERMANIA 2007″
2003DIPLOMA “CONCORSO ENOLOGICO INTERNAZIONALE VINITALY 2007”
20012 GLASSES “GAMBERO ROSSO 2006″
20013 STARS “VINI BUONI D’ITALIA 2007”
200088/100 “VERONELLI 2005”
200080/100 “LUCA MARONI 2005”
20003 GRAPES “DUEMILAVINI AIS 2005”
20003 BOTTLES “ESPRESSO 2005”
2000DIPLOMA “MUNDUS VINI 2004”
199988/100 “VERONELLI 2004”
19993 BOTTLES “ESPRESSO 2004”
19993 GRAPES “DUEMILAVINI AIS 2004”
1999GOLD MEDAL “CONCORSO INTERNAZIONALE DEI VINI 2003 ZURIGO”
19981 GLASS “GAMBERO ROSSO 2003”
19983 GRAPES “DUEMILAVINI AIS 2003”
199886/100 “VERONELLI 2003”
1998GOLD MEDAL “FIERA DI BASILEA
1998DIPLOMA ”INTERNATIONAL WINE AND SPIRIT COMPETITION 2002 UK”
199783/100 “VERONELLI 2002”
1997GOLD MEDAL “4° CONCORSO VINI CLASSICI DELLA VALPOLICELLA 2001”
1995GOLD MEDAL “3°CONCORSO VINI CLASSICI DELLA VALPOLICELLA 2000”
1991GOLD MEDAL “INTERNATIONAL WINE TASTING 2000 ZURIGO”
1990SILVER MEDAL “INTERNATIONAL WINE TASTING 1997 ZURIGO”

Many different versions have been reported about the origins of the name Amarone. The best known and most accredited one tells that Amarone was born, around 1936, from the forgetfulness of a Recioto barrel. The cellar master at the time, found the forgotten barrel and discovered a wine inside that, having prolonged its fermentation far beyond the “canonical” period, became dry and no longer as sweet as a good Recioto should be. When he tasted it, however, he was pleasantly struck by the fact that the wine had an incredibly smooth, fragrant and... distinctly bitter taste. (“bitter” translated in Italian language is “amaro”). In Italian language, by adding the three letters “one”' to an adjective or substantive means that the word is big, wide, enormous. So the wine not only was “bitter” (amaro), but very bitter... i.e. Amar..one. And so Amarone was born, which became popular with the original name, due precisely to its particular and unprecedented bitterish note.

However, the wine did not reach the market immediately, but only in the post-World War II period (late 1950s) when the taste for dry wine began to be popular.