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Vini Amarone e Recioto

Vini Valpolicella

Vino di Ripasso

Grappa e Olio

Vini Classici Veronesi

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This dessert wine is made using white grape varieties left to raisin-dry in fruit storage structures for several months after they are harvested. No specific white grape vineyard exists for this wine. The Garganega and Saorin varieties are grown in promiscuity with red grapes (Corvina, Corvinone and Rondinella) in the Classic Valpolicella zone. In the past these white varieties were used to "soften" the Recioto produced using raisin-dried red grapes. Now the trend is to use them by themselves to obtain a white dessert wine.

Vineyard notes

SoilMoraine clay and limestone
Vine density2500 vines/hectare
Vineyard age25 years
CultivationTrent small bower
Pruning14-18 buds/plant
Production6000 kg/hectare
Grape varieties90% Garganega - 10% Saorin

Winemaking technique

Grapes are hand-harvested at the end of September/beginning of October and are placed on plastic trays for drying. Drying is done in fruit -drying facility at controlled temperature and humidity. It is important, at the end of this drying process (which lasts about 4 months), for the bunches to be in good condition. Periodic inspections are performed during the drying period to achieve this, especially during the first month when the grapes, more humid, are more subject to attack by molds. The grapes then undergo white winemaking processes, at a temperature between 12° and 15°C, at the end of this drying period. Fermentation is performed by indigenous yeasts and lasts about 25 days. The wine is decanted 4-5 times after fermentation in order to remove the yeasts and, at the same time, retain the wine's natural residual sugar content. After decanting the wine rests a year and a half in Allier wood tonneaux. Aromatic substances are generated during this period and combine with those that the wine already has to create its final bouquet. The structure of the wine is also increased by extraction of tannin substances from the wooden staves. The wine, after aging in wood, is refined 1 year in the bottle before it is marketed. This aging in a reducing atmosphere permits the wine to achieve its characteristic structural and aromatic balance.

Description of the Wine



ColorYellow with slight notes of gold.Clear and transparent
BouquetNotes of vanilla blend and mix with those of cinnamon and carnation blossoms.
FlavorA pleasant start is followed by concentration and length. The flavor is well-balanced and displays, in addition to the sweetness of its residual sugar, excellent structure and lively acidity that make it both fresh and pleasing.