Michele Castellani ★ 4.5
Valgatara house bottling the I Castei and Ca del Pipa lines, from Valpolicella Classico and Ripasso Classico Superiore up to Amarone Classico and the Campo Casalin selection.
ClassificationAmarone della Valpolicella DOCG
VarietalsCorvina, Corvinone, Rondinella
Hectares9.0 ha
OwnerPier Paolo and Stefano Antolini
Founded1992
NeighbourhoodPrognol, Marano di Valpolicella
Cheese with Antolini wines
Monte Veronese
Our pick Old d'allevo is the sharpest, most peppery Monte Veronese, a cheese for the end of a meal. Amarone, dry and full-bodied from dried grapes and long ageing, has the weight and alcohol to stand up to it. Serve a small piece.
Amarone della Valpolicella, Valpolicella: Antolini Moròpio Amarone della Valpolicella Classico · Antolini Ca' Coato Amarone della Valpolicella Classico
Grana Padano
Our pick Recioto is a sweet red from dried grapes. Against aged, granular Grana Padano the cheese's salt and savoury crunch play off the wine's sugar, a milder version of the sweet and salty contrast of Recioto with blue cheese.
Recioto della Valpolicella, Valpolicella: Antolini Recioto della Valpolicella Classico
Monte Veronese di malga
Our pick Monte Veronese di malga aged past six months turns hard and slightly granular, with butter, hazelnut and a spicy edge. Full-bodied Veronese IGT reds raised in oak have the weight to meet it, and the cheese's fat softens their tannin.
Oak-aged Veronese IGT red, Valpolicella: Antolini Theobroma Rosso Veronese
Location
Address: Via Prognol 22, 37020 Marano di Valpolicella, Verona, Italy
More vineyards in Valpolicella
Tenuta Santa Maria Valverde ★ 4.6
Boutique cellar perched at around 500 metres on the Marano hills, run by the fifth generation of the family across Valpolicella Classico, Superiore, Ripasso, Amarone and Recioto.
Giuseppe Campagnola ★ 4.4
Family house at Valgatara whose certified organic estate vineyards sit alongside fruit from more than fifty contracted growers across roughly eighty hectares in the Marano comune, with a cellar visit programme.
Tasting: Cellar visit with a tasting of Valpolicella Ripasso, Valpolicella Superiore and Amarone.
Vaona Odino ★ 4.4
Organic family cellar at Paverno in Valgatara. The whole family works the drying racks that feed the Recioto and Amarone.
Fratelli Degani ★ 4.5
The Degani family traces its Valgatara winemaking to the early 1900s and still handles drying, vinification and bottling in house across Valpolicella Classico, Superiore, Ripasso, Amarone and Recioto.
San Rustico ★ 4.5
Fifth-generation Valgatara estate with 22 hectares across the Valgatara and Marano hills. The Gaso terraces at around 400 metres have been worked since 1870.
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