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Massimago

Amarone della Valpolicella DOCG

Massimago’s Amarone represents the estate's flagship project - a wine crafted to combine stylistic elegance with authentic terroir. As the quintessential expression of the Massimago style, this fine Amarone is produced by individually harvesting and vinifying the top-quality grapes from the winery's four distinct limestone parcels. Through an enduring harmony between human craftsmanship and nature, Massimago proudly achieves the highest expression of its winemaking philosophy, delivering a wine whose vertical structure, fullness, and complex profile evoke the pure character of traditional Amarone.
Amarone della Valpolicella DOCG
  • Category

    Still Red Wine

  • Grape varieties

    65% Corvina, 30% Corvinone, 5% Rondinella

  • Region

    Italy, Veneto

  • Appellation

    Amarone della Valpolicella DOCG

  • Vineyard

    Four individual limestone parcels in Tenute Massimago (Mezzane di Sotto), in Le Macie, I Crachi

  • Vinification

    A gentle drying process (appassimento, up to 100 days) takes place in the winery's fruttaio, swept by the natural air currents that hit the hill between October and December. Following more than 25 days of skin maceration, the wine undergoes alcoholic fermentation in stainless steel tanks.

  • Ageing

    The wine is aged in 20 HL oak casks (Allier and Slavonian) for 36 months, followed by a further 12 months of bottle aging.

  • Vintage

    2018

  • Soil

    Limestone

  • Elevation

    984 – 1,148 feet above sea level

  • Vineyard Density

    2,024 vines/acre

  • Training System

    Guyot

  • Alcohol

    16.5%

  • Residual Sugar

    8 g/l

  • Total Acidity

    5.9 g/l

  • Production

    6,600 bottles/year