Secondo Marco ★ 4.6

Scriani ★ 4.5

Cottini family cellar at Ponte Scrivan in Fumane, three generations of growers handling the whole cycle from vineyard to bottle across Valpolicella, Ripasso, Amarone and the Carpane and Twenty selections.

Le Salette ★ 4.5

Scamperle family estate in the centre of Fumane, working the Classico range from Valpolicella through Ripasso to Amarone and Recioto.

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.

Scriani ★ 4.5

Cottini family cellar at Ponte Scrivan in Fumane, three generations of growers handling the whole cycle from vineyard to bottle across Valpolicella, Ripasso, Amarone and the Carpane and Twenty selections.

Valentina Cubi ★ 4.5

Valentina Cubi and Giancarlo Nordera bought seven hectares at Casterna in 1969, now ten, on the Monte Tenda and Monte Crosetta slopes. The estate farms organically and runs an agriturismo.

Le Salette ★ 4.5

Scamperle family estate in the centre of Fumane, working the Classico range from Valpolicella through Ripasso to Amarone and Recioto.

Corteforte ★ 4.5

Estate in the Osan hamlet of Fumane with a tower and terraced hillside plots. Its Amandorlato Recioto della Valpolicella Classico sits between sweet Recioto and dry Amarone, and part of the range is certified organic.

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.

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.