Amarone della Valpolicella Valpantena DOCG 2021

Bertani | Veneto
Bertani Domains S.r.l. | Via Asiago 1 | IT 37023 Grezzana

03262921 · 0,75 l · 47,99 €/l · Price (DE) incl. VAT, excl. Shippingavailable immediately

Not the Classico, not Novare: Valpantena is the real cradle of Bertani. It was here, in Grezzana at the foot of the Lessini, that Giovan Battista and Gaetano Bertani founded their winery in 1857. What Gaetano brought with him from his exile in France – he had learnt from Jules Guyot, the pioneer of modern viticulture –revolutionised viticulture throughout Valpolicella. Today, Valpantena is the only sub-zone in the entire region to be officially recognised as a cru: a pre-alpine valley with ferruginous marl and clay-limestone marl soils which, thanks to its direct connection to the Lessini chain, ensures marked temperature fluctuations between day and night. Corvina Veronese and Rondinella are hand-picked and left to dry for 120 days in single-layer boxes in the historic Fruttai. Fermentation begins at just 4–5°C and slowly rises to 22°C – a gentle process that preserves fruit and builds depth.

Thirty months in large Slavonian oak barrels and barriques give the wine its silky structure without bending it. Intense ruby red, aromas of sweet cherry and dried cranberry, a fine layer of coffee roast, black pepper and cinnamon – powerful and yet with a velvety elegance that is typical of Bertani. Not a loud Amarone, but one with attitude. SUPERIORE.DE

"Spicy underbrush and smoky notes play with the sweet and juicy core of dried cranberries in this concentrated red wine that has a lively, medium to full body. It has good length, and notes of dark chocolate, sassafras, blood orange peel and white pepper linger on the delicious finish." Wine Spectator