AMARONE DE LA VALPOLICELLA CLASSICO
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2005
750 ml
Red
Still Wine
Italy, Veneto
Blend
Amarone della Valpolicella Classico
D.O.C.
15 %
A completely dry wine with an intense garnet red colour with brick-red reflections in time, the perfume is persistent and abundant with scents of walnut hull and currant confectionery, culminating in the haughty, dry, soft, aromatic and full-bodied taste.
60% Corvina Veronese, 30% Rondinella, 10% Corvinone
Very varied; mainly limestone, with lots of rocks.
Production zone Vineyards situated in San Pietro in Cariano and Pedemonte di Valpolicella. Training system Trentino-type pergola with, on average, 35 year-old vines Yield: 9,000 kg/ha
The bunches that are ripest and with the best exposure to sunlight are picked by hand between the end of September and the beginning of October. They are then carefully laid out in shallow crates, which are left in the drying lofts under controlled conditions of temperature and humidity until January: during this phase the grapes lose around 40% of their moisture and their sugars become considerably more concentrated. Following a further selection of just the healthiest bunches, the grapes are then pressed.The fermentation, which is very slow because of the low temperatures at which it takes place, lasts around 40 days. Once this fundamental phase is over, the wine thus obtained begins its maturation for two years in barriques and tonneaux. After bottling, the finished wine is then kept for at least a further six months before being released.
The fermentation, which is very slow because of the low temperatures at which it takes place, lasts around 40 days. Once this fundamental phase is over, the wine thus obtained begins its maturation for two years in barriques and tonneaux. After bottling, the finished wine is then kept for at least a further six months before being released.
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