Cuvées

Corte Sant'Alda Amarone della Valpolicella Mithas

4.7

Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Funky

Corte Sant'AldaValpolicella€€€€€€€€€Dessert Passito

Made by Demeter-certified biodynamic winemaker Marinella Camerani, Mithas reflects Demeter estate viticulture in its earthy complexity, mineral precision and high acidity, evolving with bottle age.

Corte Sant'Alda Soraigo Valpolicella Superiore

4.5

Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Funky · Rustic

Corte Sant'AldaValpolicella€€€€€€€Still Red

Soraigo shows what biodynamic Valpolicella Classico tastes like with minimal intervention: earthy, mineral, tart cherry with clay soil expressiveness and a savoury, food-friendly character that makes it a superb natural-wine discovery.

Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Savoury

Monte Dall'OraValpolicella€€€€€€€Still Red

Ruby red, with ripe red fruit of cherry and sour cherry alongside minty notes and spice, confirmed on the palate with good freshness and sapidity and, in the estate's words, great drinkability.

Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Refreshing

Monte Dall'OraValpolicella€€€€€€€Still Red

From white marl and flint at 400 to 500 metres: ruby, with spice, balsamic notes and mint on the nose, and a dry, persistent palate that finishes fresh, with what the estate calls great elegance and finesse.

Sweet · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Romantic

Monte Dall'OraValpolicella€€€€€€€€Dessert Passito

Intense red with violet reflections, an intoxicating nose of dried grapes, cherries in spirit and dried fruit closing on refined spice, and a mouth the estate calls fleshy and crunchy.

Monte Dall'Ora Saseti Valpolicella Classico

4.4

Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Funky

Monte Dall'OraValpolicella€€€€€Still Red

Ruby, with small red fruits, iris flower and rose on the nose, then a palate where freshness and salinity dominate with minty notes and crunchy spice.

Dry · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Savoury · Bold

Monte Dall'OraValpolicella€€€€€€€Still Red

Ruby red, recalling cherry, tobacco, aromatic herbs and spice, and closing on freshness with balsamic and minty notes and a long persistence.

Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Savoury

Monte Dall'OraValpolicella€€€€€€€€€Dessert Passito

Intense red with wide legs in the glass from the higher alcohols, recalling dried grapes on the nose with shifting, articulated scents closing on refined spice and balsamic notes, then fleshy, enveloping and extremely persistent in the mouth.

Monte Dall'Ora Vino da Sete

4.4

Dry · Light-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Funky

Monte Dall'OraValpolicella€€€€€€€Sparkling Ancestral

Straw yellow, with white flowers, citrus notes and grapefruit seed on the nose and great freshness and sapidity on the palate, an easy-drinking, thirst-quenching bottle-fermented white.

Musella Amarone della Valpolicella

4.6

Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Contemplative

MusellaValpolicella€€€€€€€€Dessert Passito

A Demeter-certified Amarone from grapes that lose forty percent of their weight in the drying room, soft pressed in February and fermented at a natural 13 to 17 degrees with a long maceration for maximum fruit extraction.

Musella Amarone della Valpolicella Riserva

4.7

Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Bold

MusellaValpolicella€€€€€€€€€Dessert Passito

The estate's Riserva, from grapes dried until they lose at least thirty-five percent of their weight, pressed in January and fermented cool at 13 to 17 degrees with a long maceration, then given at least two years across tonneau and large cask.

Musella Recioto della Valpolicella

4.6

Sweet · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Romantic

MusellaValpolicella€€€€€€€€Dessert Passito

Made only from the best grapes of the best vintages, with the drying extended to 150 days, a gentle pressing and a two-month fermentation in open tonneau before at least two years in new tonneau.

Musella Senza Titolo Amarone della Valpolicella

4.8

Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Funky

MusellaValpolicella€€€€€€€€€Dessert Passito

The estate's attempt to vinify Amarone in the most natural and traditional way possible: a hundred days of drying, hand destemming and crushing, indigenous-yeast fermentation in an oak truncated-cone vat with daily hand punch-downs, then five years in untoasted 700-litre oak with no filtration and no fining.

Musella Valpolicella Superiore

4.4

Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Elegant

MusellaValpolicella€€€€€€€Still Red

Ruby red, where the freshness and integrity of the fruit give character to a medium-bodied, agreeable wine carrying the persistence of elegant dried-flower notes.

Musella Valpolicella Superiore Ripasso

4.5

Dry · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Savoury

MusellaValpolicella€€€€€€€Still Red

Ruby red, elegant on the nose with notes of red fruit and spice and a fine wood aroma, with real body and a balance between tannin and acidity. A Ripasso made without any appassimento of the grapes.