Amarone della Valpolicella DOCG Riserva Wine PT192

Aged Red Wine with a deep red color possibly tending to garnet with aging, a distinctive, accentuated aroma and a full, velvety, warm flavor. Grilled or roasted red meats, game, and strong tasty cheeses. Generally considered a wine for meditation, it is a great after-dinner wine.

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Amarone della Valpolicella DOCG Riserva Wine PT192

Red Still Wines

Characteristics

Aged Red Wine with a deep red color possibly tending to garnet with aging, a distinctive, accentuated aroma and a full, velvety, warm flavor.

Food Pairing

Grilled or roasted red meats, game, and strong tasty cheeses. Generally considered a wine for meditation, it is a great after-dinner wine.

Country: Italy Region: Veneto
Category: Red Still Wines Alcohol  (vol): => 14
Certifications: None Appellation: Amarone della Valpolicella DOCG
Main Grape: Corvina - Black Grape Secondary Grape: Rondinella - Black Grape
Blend:

>< 45-95% Corvina Veronese grape (allowed presence of Corvinone grape for max 50%). >< 5-30% Rondinella grape.
=< 25% a) Black grape varieties suitable for cultivation in the province of Verona up to a maximum of 15%, with a limit of 10% for each single grape variety used;
b) Red berried grapes produced from native Italian vines grown in the province of Verona, for the remaining 10%.

Style(s):

Secco (Dry – Residual sugar between 0gr/lt and 10gr/lt)

Method: Not Applicable Pressure (bar): Not Applicable
Protected Designation of Origin (PDO)

Amarone della Valpolicella DOCG Appellation

Protected Designation of Origin (PDO)

The geographical area dedicated to the production of the DOCG Amarone della Valpolicella wine extends over the entire piedmont area of ​​the province of Verona almost to the border with the province of Vicenza, whose territory is adequately ventilated, bright and favorable to the fulfillment of all vegetative-productive functions of the vineyards.
The Production Area of ​​the DOCG Amarone della Valpolicella wine is located in the province of Verona and includes the territory of the municipalities of Marano, Fumane, Negrar, S. Ambrogio, S. Pietro in Cariano, Dolcè, Verona, S. Martino Buon Albergo, Lavagno, Mezzane, Tregnago, Illasi, Colognola ai Colli, Cazzano di Tramigna, Grezzana, Pescantina, Cerro Veronese, S. Mauro di Saline and Montecchia di Crosara.

During the vinification phases, only loyal and constant oenological practices of the area are allowed, suitable to give the wines their particular quality characteristics.
The oenological practices of vinification of the DOCG Amarone della Valpolicella wine include, among other things, that:
The maximum yield of grapes in DOCG Amarone della Valpolicella wine must not exceed 40%; if these parameters are exceeded, the excess will not be entitled to the DOCG.
The grapes destined for the production of the DOCG Amarone della Valpolicella wine must be subjected to natural drying in lofts until they reach an alcoholic strength of at least 14 °.
The DOCG Amarone della Valpolicella wine must be aged for at least 24 months before being released for consumption.
The DOCG Amarone della Valpolicella wine with the mention Riserva must be aged for at least 48 months.
In the designation of the DOCG Amarone della Valpolicella wines, the term ” Vigna ” may be mentioned as long as it is followed by the relative toponym and certain winemaking practices are respected.
On the labels of each type of DOCG Amarone della Valpolicella wine it is mandatory to report the year of production of the grapes.

“Amarone della Valpolicella” boasts an ancient history that begins in the fourth century after Christ. Cassiodorus , minister of Theodoric, king of the Visigoths, in a letter to the landowners of Valpolicella asked to have for the royal table the wine obtained with a special technique of drying the grapes, called Acinatico and defined “winter must, cold blood of grapes ”, the first ancestor of the“ Amarone della Valpolicella ”wine.
Traces of the predilection for this wine and for the grapes that produce it can also be found in the Edict of Rotari which established very severe penalties for those who damaged the vines and high fines for those who stole the grapes.
For the years following 1000 AD, not only is there a trace of some deeds of purchase and sale of vineyards in the production area of ​​“Amarone della Valpolicella”, but the wine was considered on a par with the money to pay the feudal rights.
In the following centuries the presence of “Amarone della Valpolicella” continues in official documents and in the writings of the humanists. An estimate of 1503 attests that the production area of ​​“Amarone della Valpolicella” was a rich and famous valley thanks to its wines. Fame that continued until the Enlightenment period when Scipione Maffei in an important text proposed the term “amaro” to indicate the wine “of a particular grace produced in Valpolicella”.
Many other writers and scholars have been interested in this wine in the following centuries to arrive at the first organoleptic analyzes on this wine reported in the bulletin of the experimental agricultural station of Verona in the late 1800s.
The first examples of unlabeled Amarone bottles arrived only in the early twentieth century for family use or for friends. While the first marketing of a bottle of “Amarone della Valpolicella” dates back to 1953. A decade later, thanks to the delimitation of the production area and the progress of the production and vinification techniques of the

“Amarone della Valpolicella” wine, in 1968 we reached ‘official approval of the first production specification and recognition of the DOC.
In order to protect the identity of the different typologies included in the denomination “Valpolicella”, “Valpolicella Ripasso”, “Recioto della Valpolicella” and “Amarone della Valpolicella”, specific ministerial decrees were adopted in 2010 with which the four typologies were made autonomous.
The DOCG Amarone della Valpolicella wine obtained the recognition of the Controlled and Guaranteed Designation of Origin on 24 March 2010.

Grapes

Corvina

Corvina

Black Grape

Info

The black grape Corvina is grown in the Lombardy and Veneto regions.
From the Corvina grape we obtain a wine of an intense ruby ​​red color with blue-violet nuances, with an intense, fine, fruity aroma with notes of black cherry, blueberry and plum, spicy green and pink pepper, floral aromas such as violet, with a dry taste , warm, good balance between softness, acidity and flavor, full-bodied, intense and endowed with a particular taste finesse.

Wine Characteristics

From the Corvina vine we obtain a wine of an intense ruby ​​red color with blue-violet nuances, with an intense, fine, fruity aroma with notes of black cherry, blueberry and plum, spicy green and pink pepper, floral aromas such as violet, with a dry taste, warm, good balance between softness, acidity and flavor, full-bodied, intense and endowed with a particular taste finesse.

Rondinella

Rondinella

Black Grape

Info

The Rondinella black berried grape is grown in the Lombardy and Veneto regions .
Rondinella is a vine of unknown origins, but it is believed that it is native to the Veronese area. The first documents that mention it date back to 1882. It is considered the easiest and most widespread grape variety in Valpolicella, both for its regular production and for its great resistance to disease and good predisposition to withering.
Rondinella is considered the best grape variety for the production of Recioto wine, thanks to its ability to accumulate sugars. It probably owes its name to the intense dark color of the berry, similar to the black plumage of swallows.

Wine Characteristics

From the Rondinella grape vinified in purity (which is very rare) an intense ruby ​​red wine is obtained, delicately fruity on the nose, medium-bodied, good acidity, and not very tannic, sapid and harmonious.