Monte dei Ragni ★ 4.7
Zeno Zignoli works six to seven hectares on the ridge that climbs from Bure at 220 metres to Mazzurega at 430 metres, land the Ragno family has farmed for five generations.
ClassificationAmarone della Valpolicella DOCG
VarietalsCorvina, Corvinone, Rondinella, Molinara
NeighbourhoodOsan, Fumane
Cheese with Corteforte wines
Monte Veronese
Our pick D'allevo has a harder rind and a savoury, slightly peppery paste. A Ripasso, refermented on the dried-grape pomace left from Amarone, is dry with more body than a young Valpolicella and less weight than Amarone, enough to meet that savoury bite.
Valpolicella Ripasso, Valpolicella: Corteforte Bertarè Valpolicella Ripasso Classico Superiore
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: Corteforte Recioto di Corteforte
Location
Address: Via Osan 45, 37022 Fumane, Verona, Italy, Valpolicella
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Masi Agricola ★ 4.7
Masi works from Gargagnago in Sant'Ambrogio di Valpolicella and is the producer that replanted Oseleta in the early 1980s after phylloxera had all but wiped it out. Its Monteleone21 site next door handles visits.
Tasting: Tastings and estate visits at Monteleone21 in Gargagnago.
Corte Aleardi ★ 4.4
Ferrari family estate at Gargagnago that dates its winemaking to 1789 and is certified organic by ABCERT, with Amarone della Valpolicella Classico DOCG at the head of the range.
Tasting: Wine tastings at the Gargagnago cellar.
Accordini Igino ★ 4.4
Accordini family house in San Pietro in Cariano bottling the Le Bessole and Le Viole lines through Valpolicella Superiore, Ripasso Superiore and Amarone della Valpolicella.
Zýmē ★ 4.8
Celestino Gaspari's cellar at San Floriano, cut into an old quarry, working Valpolicella and Amarone alongside experimental bottlings from rare local varieties.
Santa Sofia ★ 4.5
Pedemonte house dating its wine trade to 1811, working from a Palladian villa with gardens and fountains and a recently rebuilt cellar.
Tasting: Booked hospitality experiences at the Pedemonte villa.
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