Wine in Valgatara, Marano di Valpolicella, Valpolicella

Cà la Bionda ★ 4.7

Valgatara estate working since 1902 under the Cà la Bionda name, farming organically across a range built on Valpolicella Classico, Ripasso, Amarone and Recioto.

Vaona Odino ★ 4.4

Organic family cellar at Paverno in Valgatara. The whole family works the drying racks that feed the Recioto and Amarone.

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.

San Rustico ★ 4.4

Campagnola family cellar at Valgatara farming 22 hectares on Veronese pergola since 1870, with tastings across the San Rustico and Gaso lines plus their Amarone grappa.

Vaona Odino ★ 4.3

Certified organic Vaona cellar on Via Paverno at Valgatara, a short family tasting through Valpolicella Classico, Ripasso and Amarone in the working cellar.

Cà la Bionda ★ 4.7

Certified organic Castellani estate in the Bionda valley at Valgatara, tasting single-vineyard Ravazzol and Casal Vegri alongside the classic Valpolicella range.

San Rustico Grappe di Amarone ★ 4.3

The Campagnola family's own Amarone Classico pomace is distilled under contract into two grappe, a young one and a cask-aged one, bottled under the San Rustico label at Valgatara and poured at the cellar visit. The estate keeps no still of its own.

Cà la Bionda ★ 4.7

The Castellani brothers hold organic certification on the Bionda valley holdings at Valgatara, including the Ravazzol and Casalvegri single-vineyard parcels.

Tip: Casalvegri is the certified organic Classico Superiore to taste against the base wine at the cellar.

Vaona Odino ★ 4.4

Vaona Odino bottle their Valpolicella Classico under an organic certification mark, priced in the same band as the uncertified reds of Valgatara.

Tip: The Valpolicella Classico Biologico is the label to look for; the organic mark is on the front.