Every cuvée we cover tagged dried-grape (passito / vin santo / amarone). 145 cuvées.
Dessert · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
Tenuta Lieselehof's hyper-rare passito dessert wine from air-dried Piwi-variety grapes with approximately 300 grams residual sugar. The cellar's Quintessenz bottling sits at the apex of the dessert wine range; tiny allocations of around 800-848 bottles per vintage.
Dessert · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative
Antoniou PDO Vinsanto: long oak-aged in rock-cut chambers of the historic Megalochori cellar.
Dessert · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative
Art Space PDO Vinsanto: long oak-aged sweet wine from the 1861 family canava at Exo Gonia.
Dessert · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative
Karamolegos Vinsanto: sun-dried Assyrtiko-led blend with caramel, dried fruit and high-acid lift.
Dessert · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative
Boutari PDO Vinsanto: sun-dried Assyrtiko-led blend with caramel and dried-fruit depth, high-acid lift.
Dessert · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative
Historic Canava Roussos Vinsanto: long-aged sun-dried Assyrtiko-led blend; older 20 and 25-year aged bottlings available occasionally.
Dessert · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative
Sun-dried Assyrtiko-led Vinsanto with long oak ageing. Dried fig, caramel and apricot with high acidity preserving lift.
Dessert · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative
Long-aged Vinsanto: 12 years in oak gives oxidative depth, dried fruit and walnut character with persistent acidity.
Dessert · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative
Two-decade oak-aged Vinsanto with deep oxidative complexity, candied orange and saffron lift. A long-aged PDO Vinsanto.
Dessert · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Festive · Fruity
Younger-release Vinsanto from Argyros. Bright dried-apricot and honey character with acidity preserving lift through the sweetness.
Dessert · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative
Long-aged Gaia Vinsanto: oxidative depth with caramel, walnut and dried-fig core lifted by Santorini's high natural acidity.
Dessert · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative
Gavalas PDO Vinsanto: sun-dried Assyrtiko-led blend with caramel and dried-fruit depth, high-acid lift.
Dessert · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative
Long-aged cooperative Vinsanto. Twelve years in oak yields oxidative toffee and walnut depth with persistent acid.
Dessert · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Festive · Fruity
Cooperative entry-tier PDO Vinsanto. Dried apricot and honey with high acidity preserving lift.
Dessert · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative
Venetsanos PDO Vinsanto from the restored Megalochori cliff cellar. Long oak ageing produces oxidative caramel and dried-fruit depth.
Dessert · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Contemplative
Volcan Wines PDO Vinsanto: long oak-aged Santorini sweet wine from the historic Vothonas cellar.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Festive · Romantic
Caravaglio's organic Malvasia delle Lipari Passito captures the pure floral-honeyed character of the grape from the Malfa area on Salina's northern slope, with a distinctive volcanic mineral dimension and slightly more freshness than the Hauner style.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Festive · Romantic
Ben Ryé (Arabic for 'son of the wind') is Donnafugata's flagship Passito di Pantelleria DOC: sun-dried Zibibbo from the alberello pantesco vines on the volcanic island, exported widely through Donnafugata's international distribution since the 1990s.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Festive · Romantic
Morsi di Luce (bites of light) is Florio's Passito di Pantelleria: sun-dried Zibibbo grapes from Pantelleria producing a sweet, honeyed wine with apricot and orange blossom aromatics.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Festive · Romantic
Hauner's Malvasia delle Lipari Passito is the benchmark for this rare Aeolian appellation: sun-dried Malvasia di Lipari producing a wine of extraordinary floral complexity, apricot sweetness and the distinctive volcanic mineral character of the island of Salina.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Funky
Sole d'Agosto (August sun) is the De Bartoli minimal-intervention take on Passito di Pantelleria: zero-sulphur Zibibbo from the Bukkuram estate, producing an almost overwhelmingly concentrated dried-fruit and honey wine with a volcanic mineral dimension absent from other Pantelleria passiti.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Festive · Romantic
Nes (shortened from the Pantelleria dialect 'giardino pantesco', an enclosed garden) is Pellegrino's sun-drenched Passito di Pantelleria: concentrated Zibibbo with apricot-honey character and the characteristic volcanic depth of Pantelleria.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Funky
Gabrio Bini's Serragghia is the natural passito of Pantelleria: zero-sulphur, zero additions, biodynamic Zibibbo on volcanic pumice soils producing a wine of wild, unpredictable character and pronounced mineral depth. Small allocations distributed largely through specialist natural-wine importers.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Festive · Romantic
Capofaro's Malvasia delle Lipari Passito is produced at the Salina estate, with terrace vines on the island's north slope facing the active volcano Stromboli across the channel. The Tasca d'Almerita team applies modern winemaking precision to the passito style with clean, precise floral-honeyed concentration and the distinctive volcanic mineral signature of Salina.
Sweet · Full-bodied · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Cult Vin Santo from raisined Sangiovese (Prugnolo Gentile), 10+ years oxidative ageing in small caratelli barrels.
Sweet · Full-bodied · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Capezzana's flagship Vin Santo from raisined Trebbiano and San Colombano, 8 to 10 years in caratelli.
Sweet · Full-bodied · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Traditional Vin Santo del Chianti Classico from Le Fonti, raisined grapes aged 10 years in caratelli.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Bold
Allegrini's estate Amarone Classico blends Corvina and Corvinone in nearly equal measure with a small percentage of Oseleta; the result is a polished, internationally styled Amarone with plush dried-fruit concentration and a refined tannin frame.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
The single-vineyard Fieramonte takes Allegrini's Amarone to the highest level: a single hill block in the Classico zone with extreme concentration, the Oseleta component adding signature pepper warmth to the cedar-espresso complex.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Bold · Contemplative
Intense ruby with garnet reflections, complex in raisin, blackberry, blueberry and plum with tobacco, black pepper, liquorice and coffee, then dry, warm and soft with evident but pleasant tannins, a well-turned robust mouth and balsamic and cherry-chocolate notes on a spiced finish. Austere, rigid and deep.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Romantic · Elegant
Golden yellow with amber reflections, intense and persistent in flowers, ripe white-fleshed fruit and almond, recalling apricot, honey, orange blossom and vanilla, then warm, soft, full and structured with a base of acidity holding it in balance.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
Deep ruby with garnet reflections, intense and complex in dried flowers, sour cherry and wild cherry conserve, sweet spice, cherry chocolate, china bark and forest-flower honey with faint vine bark and green olive, and typically Marano on the palate for its piercing acidity and finesse: dry, at the edge of off-dry, warm and soft with velvety tannins.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Fruity · Romantic
Deep garnet with violet reflections, fruity, intense and persistent in sour cherry, wild cherry and blueberry with violet, cinnamon and white pepper, sweet and harmonious but never cloying, fresh and extremely fruity with red-fruit conserve and cinnamon in the mouth.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Bold · Contemplative
Garnet red with an intense, ethereal and spiced nose, from bunches chosen twice over, first in the vineyard for ripeness and loose berries, then in the fruttaio for integrity and health.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Bold
The estate's Riserva, garnet red with an intense, ethereal and spiced nose and a minimum of four years of ageing behind it, from the double-selected bunches of the Monte Cà Bianca site.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · Medium acidity · Romantic · Festive
Deep ruby red turning garnet with age, an intense bouquet with hints of fruit and spice, and a smooth, sweet, full and velvety palate, from bunches selected at harvest and dried in the fruttaio.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Bold · Savoury
Brilliant red, with clean red cherry and berry aromas lifted by a floral touch, then an initially sweet, glyceric mouthfeel followed by a slightly bitter note and a notable tannic bite over lively red-fruit flavours.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Bold
A cellar selection rather than a single site: after about four years of maturation the casks that show the longest ageing potential are isolated and left longer, so every Riserva is unique to its vintage and to the vineyards behind it.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
Intense ruby, with red and forest fruits, floral violet and rose, hints of aromatic herbs and a fine mineral thread, then enveloping and velvety but held up by live freshness, closing long on citrus and saline echoes that turn towards liquorice and earth with age.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Savoury
Garnet red, with red plum and small red fruits alongside withered violets, light mineral notes and balsamic spice, then elegant, round and slender with a red-fruit weave held by lively acidity and a long, pleasantly bittersweet, saline close.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Contemplative
Il Vegro is Brigaldara's prestige single-vineyard Amarone from the Il Vegro parcel; higher Oseleta concentration and extended ageing in a mix of small and large casks produce a richer, spicier expression than the estate Classico, with excellent concentration and structure.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Rustic
Castel Caina is Ca' La Bionda's premium single-vineyard selection from the highest Marano valley plots at the foot of the ancient Caina hill; the volcanic soils produce even greater mineral depth and acidity than the estate Classico, with outstanding ageing potential.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Contemplative
Intense garnet red, with intense and complex scents of cherry and red fruits well married to pleasant spiced notes from the wood, and a round, structured palate carrying what the estate calls an extraordinary freshness and the potential for long evolution.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Rustic · Easygoing
The cooperative's estate Amarone Classico provides accessible quality from 230 family growers across the Classico zone; a solid, tobacco-cherry traditional Amarone at significantly better value than single-estate bottlings at comparable quality.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Rustic · Bold
Domaso is the cooperative's flagship single-vineyard Amarone from the 14-hectare Maternigo hill parcel, showing appreciably greater concentration and mineral precision than the estate-level wine; the earthy, tobacco-cedar style reflects the Maternigo terroir's calcareous character.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Bold · Contemplative
Garnet red, intensely scented of sour cherry preserved in spirit, wild berries and spice, with a full, dry, velvety mouth built on three months of drying and two years in wood.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Bold · Contemplative
The estate's Riserva, garnet red with an intense nose of cooked fruit, dried prunes, sour cherries in spirit, tobacco and assorted spice including ginger, from a small, well-exposed cru at Castelrotto.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · Medium acidity · Romantic · Contemplative
Corte Rugolin's sweet Recioto, made from the best bunches dried for three to four months in the fruttaio, in the traditional sweet style of the valley.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Funky
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.
Medium Sweet · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Rustic
Intense garnet, clean and complex in forest fruits and sugared almond, cherries and sour cherries in spirit, spice, vanilla, chocolate, cinnamon and liquorice, with violet, iris and wild flowers when young, and only 50 grams per litre of sugar so it stays austere.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Romantic · Festive
Deep, intense garnet, extremely complex in forest fruits and sugared almond, cherry and plum jam and sour cherries in spirit with light spice, vanilla, chocolate, cinnamon and liquorice, shading into violet, iris and wild meadow flowers, with a body the estate calls sweet, delicate, harmonious and soft as velvet.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Bold
The estate's longest-aged Amarone, first made in 2016, drawn from hand-selected fruit and given the extended ageing the Riserva category requires.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Bold · Contemplative
Costa Arente's flagship expression of the Valpantena, hand-picked and hand-selected at Grezzana and first made in 2013.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · Medium acidity · Romantic · Festive
The estate calls Recioto the mythical father of Amarone, and added its own to the range in 2020, made from the Valpantena's hand-picked, hand-selected fruit.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Contemplative
A great concentration of scents recalling the cherry typical of the Marano valley, then an enveloping palate with a long and persistent aftertaste, from grapes that lose about forty percent of their weight in the drying room.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Romantic · Contemplative
A sweet red at 120 to 140 grams per litre of residual sugar that the estate says carries a great minerality, giving it extraordinary freshness and drinkability despite the sweetness.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
The single-hill Amarone: complex on nose and palate, opening on pepper and dried tobacco and evolving towards sour cherries in spirit and balsamic notes, with the freshness and elegance the estate says the soil gives its ageing wines.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Made only in the vintages when optimal ripeness coincides with the acidity that guarantees longevity. What strikes the estate about the wine is its elegance and finesse.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Bold
A heavily concentrated, oak-driven Amarone: tiny yields, four-month drying, four years in small French oak. Layers of dried fruit, dark chocolate and iron. Built for multi-decade cellaring.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · Medium acidity · Romantic · Contemplative
Dal Forno's sweet Recioto applies the same barrique-and-concentration philosophy: deep, almost port-like sweetness balanced by the estate's signature tannin structure.
Sweet · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Romantic · Contemplative
A rare white passito from Dal Forno, made from dried Moscato and Garganega grapes at the Illasi valley estate, applying the same concentration philosophy as the Amarone to a sweet white with orange blossom and apricot intensity.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Contemplative
Ruby red with violet reflections, with the territory clearly marked on the nose in marasca, plum and undergrowth fruit alongside consistently refined notes of cocoa and tobacco, then a full mouth of great structure, velvet and roundness with a persistent close.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Bold
A deep ruby red of important structure and a fullness of aroma the estate calls immediately recognisable for complexity and elegance, with a share of Oseleta giving forest-fruit aromatics and pronounced tannin.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Bold · Contemplative
Made from the best hand-picked bunches dried three to four months in plateaux, which raises the sugar concentration by twenty-five to thirty percent, then fermented about twenty-five to thirty days and aged two to three years in barrique.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Bold · Contemplative
The estate's named Amarone, from the best bunches hand-picked and dried three to four months, pressed in January, fermented twenty-five to thirty days and matured in barrique for two to three years.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · Medium acidity · Romantic · Festive
A wine of very old Veronese tradition, from selected bunches dried at least four months with a weight loss of at least forty percent, fermented at 18 to 22 degrees and refined six months in steel.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Bold
Quintarelli's Bordeaux varieties treated to the Valpolicella appassimento method: dried Cabernet and Merlot producing extraordinary density, graphite-inflected fruit and a long finish.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
A long-aged Amarone built around multi-variety appassimento, with concentration of dried fruit, leather and tobacco, firm but resolved tannins and a long finish.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Romantic
The sweet passito counterpart to Quintarelli's Amarone: residual sugar balanced by firm tannins and high acidity producing a luscious yet structured dessert red with decades-long ageing potential.
Dry · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Savoury · Bold
An intense, complex Amarone of traditional school: fruit conserve and small red fruits with the pleasantly vegetal, aromatic-herb notes the estate credits to altitude, then chocolate, black pepper and vanilla from the wood, sapid with soft balanced tannin.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Grown at 550 metres on fossil marl: the clay component gives force and sapidity, the limestone gives elegance and freshness, in a ruby-red wine of considerable structure.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Bold · Contemplative
Intense and extraordinarily powerful, with a concentrate of sour cherry conserve, dense and harmonious in the mouth, rich and dry with tannins built for a long development in bottle.
Dry · Full-bodied · High tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Bold
Extremely powerful and intense with a concentrated flavour of black cherry conserve, dense and very mature yet still velvety, full and dry, with the tannin load for a long life in bottle.
Dry · Full-bodied · High tannin · Medium acidity · Bold · Elegant
Intense and extraordinarily powerful, still rich in tannin, with black cherry on the nose and a warm, strong, full and velvety palate carrying an agreeably bitter edge, elegant and well balanced.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Romantic · Contemplative
Intense with concentrated cherry and redcurrant, then dense ripe forest fruits with a pinch of dark chocolate: an unusual dessert red of power and elegance, harmonious and seductive, at 100 to 110 grams per litre of sugar.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Rustic · Bold
Le Salette's estate Amarone Classico, from the high-altitude Fumane vineyards farmed by Monica Scamperle, shows the distinctive freshness and orange-peel note that characterise the estate's high-elevation fruit; a more approachable entry to the Le Salette style than the Pergole Vece.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Rustic
Pergole Vece is from Le Salette's century-old pergola-trained Corvina vines at 450m elevation in Fumane, producing an Amarone of particular freshness and aromatic complexity; high altitude preserves acidity while old vines add concentration.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Rustic
Begali's Monte Ca' Bianca is a traditional-school Amarone from very old Corvina vines; deep mineral iron note and high acidity give it a distinctive, food-friendly profile within the Classico zone.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Bold · Contemplative
The Squarano estate's Amarone, from a Corvina and Corvinone base with Rondinella, dried in the traditional appassimento and matured in the family's historic cellars.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Bold
Octavius is the Fumanelli Riserva, blending Corvina and Corvinone with Rondinella and a tenth of other native Valpolicella varieties, and given the longest cask time of the range.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Festive · Romantic
The traditional sweet red of the Valpolicella: impenetrable ruby, cooked cherry and fruit in spirit on the nose, and a complex, pleasing alternation of sweetness and acidity with a long finish.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
The elegant cru of the Masi range, impenetrable ruby, intense and complex in cooked fruit and cinnamon, then rich, warm and round with ripe cherries and marasca, cooked plums and a rounded bitter-almond signature.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Rustic · Bold
Masi's entry-level Classico Amarone is the house's most widely distributed wine and among the most accessible classic-zone bottlings, balancing dried-cherry concentration with a restrained herbaceous character and good structure.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Bold
Mazzano is Masi's most powerful and concentrated single-vineyard Amarone, from the high-altitude Mazzano hill in the S. Ambrogio zone. More opulent and riper than Campolongo, with a chocolatey, rich palate and remarkable ageing potential.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Bold · Contemplative
Impenetrable dark red, intense with over-ripe red fruit, cinnamon and vanilla, then warm and persuasive on the palate with cooked fruit, sweet spices and cloves and a long, dry finish.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Vaio Armaron is the prestige Amarone from the historic Serego Alighieri estate, owned by descendants of Dante Alighieri, managed in partnership with Masi; the wine reflects the S. Ambrogio di Valpolicella hill terroir with a refined tobacco-cedar complexity and long cellaring potential.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Romantic
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.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Savoury
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.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Contemplative
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.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Bold
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.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Romantic
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.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Funky
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.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Savoury
Deep ruby red, complex, harmonious and elegant with dried fruit, conserve, undergrowth, walnut husk and leather, then balanced, rich, delicate, austere and persistent on the palate.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Bold
Ambrosan is the single-parcel selection from Nicolis's oldest vines on the Villa Girardi estate, given an extra year in large Slavonian casks compared to the estate Amarone; a more concentrated and austere expression of tobacco-cedar style with excellent ageing potential.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Intense garnet, rich and marked with dried flowers and fruit, balsamic herbs, cloves, tobacco, cocoa and leather, then full, structured, velvety and persistent, with what the estate calls a three-dimensional progression on the palate.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · Medium acidity · Romantic · Festive
Deep red, intense with floral notes of violet, iris and wild rose alongside vanilla, and full, sweet and delicate on the palate after a spontaneous fermentation stopped at the desired sugar and alcohol.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Bold · Contemplative
A deep garnet Amarone with an intense nose of black cherries and cherries carrying the notes of the drying process, spicy dark chocolate and tobacco, plus goudron from ageing, and a generous, velvety, highly extracted palate marked by an intense mineral hint.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Bold
The Riserva from the Le Balze cru: deep garnet, intense in ripe red fruit and jam with the marks of appassimento, spice, coffee, dark chocolate, tobacco and goudron, and a generous, velvety, sapid palate closing on almond and cherry jam.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · Medium acidity · Romantic · Contemplative
Deep garnet with violet hues, particularly fruity when young, with red fruits and undergrowth over spice, coffee and bitter chocolate, then a sweet, velvety, warm and elegant palate showing fruit jam and vanilla.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
A very intense ruby Amarone of great structure and softness, with cherry, small red fruits, plum, spice, tobacco and aromatic herbs on the nose and the same aromas returning in the mouth, where the tannins are very sweet but present and give the wine length and depth.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Romantic
Deep ruby, with cherry conserve, very ripe plum, small red fruits, spice, tobacco and chocolate on the nose, and a powerful, fat, sweet palate that the estate insists is never cloying, returning cherry, plum, cocoa and a light mineral note.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Rustic · Elegant
Santa Sofia's Amarone is a traditional-style Classico from the historic Pedemonte estate, emphasising tobacco-leather complexity and long cellarability; the 16th-century villa setting adds heritage gravitas to a consistently well-made Amarone.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Bold · Contemplative
Deep ruby tending to garnet, with very clean scents of berry fruit, jam and cherries in spirit, and flavours of vanilla, spice, liquorice and bitter almonds.
Dry · Full-bodied · High tannin · Medium acidity · Bold · Contemplative
The barrique-only Riserva, deep ruby tending to garnet with very clean scents of berry fruit, jam and cherries in spirit, delivering vanilla, spice, liquorice and bitter almond.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Bold
Force and balance together: ruby with garnet reflections, sour cherry, plum and spice on the nose, complex, enveloping and dry on the palate, harmonious and elegant and made to age.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · Medium acidity · Romantic · Fruity
An intense ruby sweet red, rich on the nose with cherry, raspberry and chocolate, soft and moderately sweet on the palate and balanced by exceptional minerality.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Rustic · Elegant
Speri's estate Amarone Classico reflects the six-generation family's traditional approach with large-cask ageing, producing a fresh, floral, tobacco-inflected Amarone that remains one of the most consistent classic-zone expressions.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Monte Sant'Urbano is Speri's flagship single-vineyard Amarone from the historic cru on the Fumane hillside; traditional large-cask ageing preserves freshness alongside the dried-fruit concentration, producing one of the Classico zone's most elegant and age-worthy Amarone.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · Medium acidity · Romantic · Contemplative
Garnet red, with enveloping scents of dried grape, violet and conserve, then warm and velvety on the palate, intense and full, a refined red passito the estate calls a wine for meditation.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Romantic · Contemplative
Speri's Le Bine de Jago Recioto represents the traditional sweet red wine of Valpolicella before Amarone became dominant; the fermentation-arrested fruit preserves Corvina's characteristic high acidity beneath the luscious chocolate-cherry sweetness.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Intense garnet red with an ethereal scent of dried fruit, then full, warm, enveloping and dry on the palate, a wine the estate describes as important and of rare elegance that lends itself well to ageing.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Capitel Monte Olmi is Tedeschi's single-vineyard prestige Amarone, from the Monte Olmi hill above San Pietro in Cariano, with exceptional concentration and finesse, reflecting one of the oldest family estates in Valpolicella.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Rustic
La Fabriseria (old Venetian dialect for the forge) is Tedeschi's second single-vineyard Amarone from a plot on the Monte Olmi hillside; greater tobacco-iron concentration than the Capitel Monte Olmi, with a more austere, mineral-forward character.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Contemplative
Produced at 500 metres on the soil of very ancient disintegrating lavas in the sub-zone the estate calls Purano, a dry wine that takes its name from the bitter vein that characterises it, full-bodied, alcoholic and of great flavour.
Dry · Full-bodied · High tannin · Medium acidity · Bold · Savoury
Deep ruby, with cherry conserve, vanilla, liquorice and tobacco on the nose and a warm, soft, intensely tannic palate, from organically farmed Corvina and Rondinella dried in a fruttaio at low temperature and controlled humidity.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Bold
Dark garnet red, with sour cherries in spirit, graphite and chocolate on the nose, then excellent freshness and a decisive but velvety tannin, from a September hand selection into crates and six years in the estate cellar.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · Medium acidity · Romantic · Festive
Impenetrable dark red, with hints of sour cherry conserve, balsamic notes and chocolate, then fruity and soft on the palate with an elegant tannic grip.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Rustic · Bold
Tommasi's estate Amarone Classico represents the fourth-generation family's traditional approach: a high proportion of Corvinone adds floral lift to the dried-cherry concentration while three years in large casks develops structure.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Bold
Ca' Florian is Tommasi's single-vineyard flagship Amarone from the old Ca' Florian hillside in the Classico zone, showing dense, chocolatey concentration with elegant tannin structure and long mineral finish.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · Medium acidity · Romantic · Festive
Tommasi's Recioto Classico is made from the highest-selected Corvina and Corvinone bunches from the family's San Pietro in Cariano vineyards; chocolate-cherry and raisin sweetness balanced by traditional cask structure.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Rustic · Funky
Valentina Cubi's certified organic Amarone from the Fumane hillsides shows a distinctly earthy, mineral character from organic viticulture; the Oseleta addition contributes pepper spice and the high acidity reflects the altitude of the Fumane Classico zone.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Intense garnet with orange reflections, an intense and elegant nose of cherry and plum in spirit with ethereal notes and a spiced finish of chocolate, cinnamon and tobacco, then a balanced, dry palate with elegant, soft tannins that the estate says never feels excessive despite the alcohol.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Festive · Romantic
Made only in the best vintages, the estate's sweet wine of tradition, of feast days and of special occasions, from grapes dried a minimum of 120 days.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
Made from Corvina, Corvinone and Rondinella dried a minimum of ninety days, the estate's Amarone keeps a dry and refined style, balanced on the nose and harmonious in the mouth.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Bold · Elegant
Garnet red, intense with the characteristic cherry note made complex by spice, and elegantly tannic on the palate, well balanced and powerful.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Bold · Contemplative
An impenetrable garnet, intense in red fruit under spirit of cherry and plum well amalgamated with noble spiced notes, and on the palate a wine of real fabric with decisive, elegant tannin, balanced and persistent.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Impenetrable garnet, intense in red fruit under spirit amalgamated with noble and persistent spice, and of notable gustatory concentration on the palate, persistent and balanced by an elegant, velvety tannin.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Bold
Full-bodied, intense and elegant, holding the character of grapes picked at altitude: aromatic herbs and wild flowers, dry and carried by real power.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Rustic
Campo Morar (meadow of mulberries) is Viviani's single-vineyard Amarone from the highest plots on the Mazzano ridge in Negrar, at over 400 metres elevation; the altitude confers remarkable freshness and acidity to the dried-fruit concentration, producing a wine of particular precision and longevity.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
A luminous ruby Amarone whose nose runs from fleshy sour cherry and blackberry conserve through withered rose petals and sweet spice into eucalyptus, liquorice and chocolate shavings, then turns to noble chocolate and velvety coffee on a palate that is warm, soft and extraordinarily long.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Romantic
Deep violet in the glass, a generous bouquet of varied spice, ripe cherry, marasca and creme de cassis over toasted walnut, floral notes and chocolate, with a soft sweet entry, real freshness and a very fine tannin that will hold it for years.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Elegant
Zyme's Kairos is a modern interpretation of Classico Amarone; former Quintarelli cellarmaster Celestino Gaspari applies small French oak ageing to produce a polished, concentrated expression that bridges traditional intensity with contemporary oak integration.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Bertani's Amarone is the reference for the traditional, extremely long-aged style: minimum eight years in large Slavonian oak produces a garrigue-herb and leather-inflected wine of remarkable freshness and longevity, lighter in colour than modern Amarone but strikingly complex.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Bertani's Villa Novare is the prestige Amarone from their historic Novare estate, given six years in Slavonian oak producing a wine of extraordinary complexity and longevity; perhaps the most authentically traditional Amarone Riserva-style bottling in the appellation.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Contemplative
Campagnola's Amarone della Valpolicella Classico is produced from appassimento-dried Corvina, Corvinone and Rondinella grapes from the Classico hills. Two to three years in large Slavonian oak develop the characteristic dried fruit, dark chocolate and tobacco complexity of the DOCG's flagship wine.
Sweet · Full-bodied · High acidity · Festive · Contemplative
San Zeno is Fasoli Gino's Recioto di Soave DOCG, made from dried organic Garganega grapes. Organic farming preserves the grape's natural concentration and flavour integrity through drying. The result is a rich, golden sweet wine of exceptional aromatic purity.
Dry · Full-bodied · High tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Bold
Guerrieri Rizzardi's Amarone expresses the Classico zone from an estate with over 350 years of Valpolicella history. The extended appassimento (drying) of Corvina and Corvinone grapes concentrates flavour into a wine of great intensity. Three years in Slavonian botti soften the tannins while preserving the dried-fruit character.
Sweet · Full-bodied · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
A passito-style dessert wine from Vicenza revived by Fausto Maculan in 1974. Vespaiola grapes are harvested late and dried on twisted cords (torcolato means 'twisted') for months before pressing. The result is a wine of high intensity, with botrytis-influenced apricot honey character balanced by the grape's naturally high acidity.
Sweet · Medium-bodied · High acidity · Festive · Elegant
Miele (honey) is Monte Tondo's Recioto di Soave DOCG, a rare sweet wine from appassimento-dried Garganega grapes. Recioto di Soave predates Soave's dry style and is considered the original historic wine of the Soave hills. Monte Tondo's version captures honey, dried apricot and candied citrus balanced by the grape's naturally high acidity.
Sweet · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Romantic · Elegant
Pieropan's Recioto di Soave from the Le Colombare parcel sits within the long sweet-wine tradition of the Soave zone (Recioto di Soave DOCG, established 1998); dried Garganega produces apricot-honey concentration kept fresh by the varietal's trademark high acidity.
Sweet · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Romantic · Contemplative
Amedeo is Suavia's Recioto di Soave DOCG from the ancient Monte Carbonare vineyard; the sweet dried-Garganega wine balances luscious apricot-honey sweetness with the grape's natural high acidity, keeping the finish fresh and complex.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Rustic
The 20% Oseleta in Campo dei Gigli adds a peppery, dark-spice dimension to the Corvina-Corvinone dried fruit base; from the Mezzane valley outside the Classico zone, the wine shows an earthier, more structured style than comparable Classico Amarone.
Sweet · Full-bodied · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
A reference wine of the Colli Euganei Fior d'Arancio DOCG (elevated to DOCG in 2010). Moscato Giallo grapes are dried (passito) on bamboo racks in the volcanic Euganean Hills; the intensely floral and orange-scented result is distinctive within Italian sweet wine.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Rustic
Zenato's Classico Amarone incorporates 20% Oseleta adding firm pepper tannin and dark fruit spice to the Corvina-led blend; aged in a combination of large Slavonian and small French oak that bridges traditional and modern styles.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
The Riserva Sergio Zenato is the estate's memorial bottling to its founder, made only in selected vintages and aged five years in oak; high Oseleta proportion and extended ageing produce Zenato's most structured wine within the range, built for long cellaring.