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
OwnerElena and Federico Coati
NeighbourhoodValgatara
Cheese with Corte Rugolin 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: Corte Rugolin Crosara de le Strie Amarone della Valpolicella Classico
Monte Veronese di malga
Our pick Monte Veronese di malga, aged long, turns hard and slightly granular with butter, hazelnut and a spicy edge. A Riserva Amarone, dry, full and seasoned by years of ageing, matches that depth, and the cheese's fat softens the wine's structure.
Amarone della Valpolicella Riserva, Valpolicella: Corte Rugolin Monte Danieli Amarone della Valpolicella Classico Riserva
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: Corte Rugolin Recioto della Valpolicella Classico
Location
Address: Via Rugolin 1, Valgatara, 37020 Marano di Valpolicella, Verona, Italy
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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.
Fratelli Degani ★ 4.5
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Antolini ★ 4.6
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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.
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.
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