Amarone della Valpolicella Classico DOCG 2018 · MAGNUM

Giuseppe Quintarelli | Veneto
Az. Agr. Quintarelli Giuseppe | Via Cerè, 1 | IT 37024 Negrar

03282618 · 1,5 l · 526,00 €/l · Price (DE) incl. VAT, excl. Shipping2 units available
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Above the Quintarelli family home in Negrar, north of Verona, lies a purpose-built, ventilated loft. Here, on special racks, the carefully selected, flawless grapes dry for four months, whilst the water within them evaporates naturally and the aromas concentrate inexorably. It is a process that cannot be rushed – and one that the Quintarelli family only dares to undertake in exceptional vintages. Corvina and Corvinone form the backbone of the blend, accounting for a good half of the total, complemented by Rondinella and small proportions of other varieties, which vary slightly from vintage to vintage. Pressing takes place traditionally around Christmas time, and the wine ferments to a largely dry finish – unlike many sweeter interpretations of Amarone. It is then aged for seven years in large Slavonian oak barrels, in the cellars that the family dug directly into the hillside beneath their house, surrounded by their own vineyards.

With the Magnum size, Quintarelli takes things a step further: as with the Valpolicella, this Amarone in the large bottle is only released a full year after the standard-sized version. As it matures more slowly in the larger bottle, it is given exactly the extra time it needs – an even more patient pace for what is already the house’s most patient wine.

A full-bodied, kaleidoscopic wine of great depth – the very essence of Quintarelli's alchemy, a wine that brings everything together: fruit, length on the palate and beguilingly complex aromas. In the magnum, it reveals itself as even more composed, with an additional touch of roundness. SUPERIORE.DE

"The Amarone della Valpolicella Classico 2018 is developing slowly, with a whimsical blend of dusty dried violets, cedarwood, cardamom, stony notes and dried black cherries. It displays textures of pure silk, refined and feminine in character, whilst bright red berry fruits wash over the palate, leaving a tactile hint of minerality and sweet tannins. The 2018 vintage displays incredible length and balance, leaving behind blue and violet blossoms over notes of liquorice and cloves in a lightly structured and utterly harmonious final. Bury this radiant beauty deep in the cellar." Vinous