Speri Viticoltori ★ 4.7
Seven generations of the Speri family in Valpolicella Classico, farming organically and running a visits programme alongside the Amarone range.
Tasting: Estate visits and tastings, booked through the winery.
Seven generations of the Speri family in Valpolicella Classico, farming organically and running a visits programme alongside the Amarone range.
Tasting: Estate visits and tastings, booked through the winery.
Family house in San Pietro in Cariano with the Capitel Monte Olmi and Fabriseria Amarone Classico Riserva bottlings and the Maternigo estate in the eastern valleys.
The Tommasi family shop and visitor cellar at Pedemonte, open six days a week for tastings of the Valpolicella Classico, Ripasso and Amarone range including the Ca' Florian cru.
Seventh-generation Speri family cellar at Pedemonte, certified organic, with tastings centred on the Monte Sant'Urbano single-vineyard Amarone and the Vigneto La Roverina.
Tedeschi family cellar at Pedemonte, known for the Monte Olmi and La Fabriseria crus and for replanting minor Veronese grapes such as Dindarella and Rossignola.
Speri farm their Pedemonte and Sant'Urbano holdings organically, and hold certification across the whole estate rather than on selected parcels.
Tip: The Monte Sant'Urbano single vineyard is the estate's organic flagship and the wine most tastings are built around.