Amarone della Valpolicella DOCG
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Category
Still Red Wine
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Grape varieties
65% Corvina, 30% Corvinone, 5% Rondinella
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Region
Italy, Veneto
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Appellation
Amarone della Valpolicella DOCG
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Vineyard
Four individual limestone parcels in Tenute Massimago (Mezzane di Sotto), in Le Macie, I Crachi
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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.
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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.
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Vintage
2018
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Soil
Limestone
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Elevation
984 – 1,148 feet above sea level
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Vineyard Density
2,024 vines/acre
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Training System
Guyot
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Alcohol
16.5%
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Residual Sugar
8 g/l
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Total Acidity
5.9 g/l
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Production
6,600 bottles/year