Every cuvée we cover tagged iconic, narrowed to Veneto. 58 cuvées.
Dry · Light-bodied · High acidity · Elegant · Savoury
One of the most admired single-vineyard Rive expressions in the Conegliano Valdobbiadene DOCG. The Giardino parcel sits on the steep Colbertaldo hillside; steep gradient, poor soils and attentive pruning give the wine its notable concentration and precision.
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 · High acidity · Bold · Elegant
A 100% Corvina IGT aged in French barriques rather than dried: La Poja demonstrates the varietal's structure and ageing potential when treated outside the appassimento framework, producing a powerful, savoury red that rivals Amarone in complexity.
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.
Off Dry · Light-bodied · Medium acidity · Festive · Elegant
Rich and aromatic expression from the 107-ha Cartizze grand cru hill. Bisol's long tenure on the hill and multi-generational vine stock give this off-dry sparkler a layered complexity unusual in Prosecco.
Off Dry · Light-bodied · Medium acidity · Easygoing · Refreshing
The flagship Extra Dry from Bortolomiol, founded in 1949 by Giuliano Bortolomiol. Named 'Senior' in tribute to the founder, this is a classic off-dry Valdobbiadene DOCG with the balance of sweetness and freshness that made the Extra Dry category popular.
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.
Off Dry · Light-bodied · Medium acidity · Festive · Elegant
Col Vetoraz is uniquely positioned above Santo Stefano at the edge of the Cartizze hill, giving its Cartizze expression exceptional altitude and south-facing exposure. The result is an opulent, aromatic Cartizze with great aromatic intensity and length.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Funky
Made by Demeter-certified biodynamic winemaker Marinella Camerani, Mithas is among the most distinctive Amarone: Demeter-certified estate viticulture produces a wine of unusual earthy complexity, mineral precision and high acidity that evolves beautifully with bottle age.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Bold
The most powerful and extracted Amarone on the market: tiny yields, four-month drying, four years in small French oak. Immense concentration 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.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Contemplative
Dal Forno's entry into the Valpolicella range already shows the estate's signature intensity: deeply coloured, barrique-aged and concentrated beyond what the DOC classification implies.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · Racy acidity · Elegant · Refreshing
La Frosca from the Gini family's oldest Garganega vines on the highest basalt-volcanic slopes of Monteforte d'Alpone; the chalky mineral texture, fennel herb and white-peach fruit represent the Classico zone's basalt terroir in its purest expression.
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 seamlessly long finish.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
The definitive benchmark Amarone: monumental concentration from multi-variety appassimento, extraordinary aromatic depth of dried fruit, leather and tobacco, with firm but resolved tannins and a finish of exceptional length.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Bold · Contemplative
A blend of local Corvina with international Cabernet in the Quintarelli style: concentrated, savoury and structured, with the Bordeaux varieties adding colour and spine to the Valpolicella base.
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 · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Rustic · Savoury
Quintarelli's entry-level Valpolicella is already a lesson in traditional winemaking: high-acid, savoury cherry fruit with dried-herb complexity and three years in large oak adding gentle structure.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Rustic · Savoury
Pojega is the top expression from Guerrieri Rizzardi's Bardolino range, bottled under the Bardolino Superiore DOCG. Oak ageing adds structure and complexity to the base Classico profile. Named for the Pojega wine museum located on the estate.
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.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
Bradisismo (Italian for seismic land subsidence) is Inama's prestige selection from the oldest basalt-grown Garganega vines, aged 18-24 months in French barriques; arguably the most complex Soave available, with extraordinary tension between rich oak ageing and the grape's saline mineral core.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · Racy acidity · Elegant · Refreshing
Vigneti di Foscarino is Inama's pure basalt-volcanic Soave Classico from the historic Foscarino hill, the most volcanically active terroir in the Classico zone; 100% Garganega barrel-fermented for a mineral, almond-hazelnut complexity of striking length.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Rustic
Begali's Monte Ca' Bianca is a traditional-school Amarone from very old Corvina vines; the deep mineral iron note and high acidity set it apart, making it one of the most distinctive and food-friendly examples in the Classico zone.
Dessert · Full-bodied · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
One of Italy's greatest botrytised dessert wines. Acininobili (noble berries) is produced from 100% botrytis-affected Vespaiola grapes, selected berry by berry in the best vintages. The Sauternes influence is explicit: Maculan was inspired by a trip to Bordeaux in the late 1970s and applied the Trockenbeerenauslese selection principle to Vespaiola.
Dry · Full-bodied · High tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Bold
Fratta is Maculan's Bordeaux-inspired flagship red, one of northeastern Italy's landmark wines. A Cabernet-Merlot blend aged 18 months in new French oak, it rivals top Veneto reds in complexity and ageing potential. Fausto Maculan was among the first producers in the Veneto to vinify Bordeaux varieties at serious quality levels.
Sweet · Full-bodied · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Italy's most celebrated passito-style dessert wine from Vicenza. Vespaiola grapes are harvested late and dried on twisted cords (torcolato means 'twisted') for months before pressing. The result is a wine of remarkable intensity, with botrytis-influenced apricot honey character balanced by the grape's naturally high acidity.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · Medium acidity · Rustic · Easygoing
Campofiorin pioneered the ripasso technique in 1964, passing fresh Valpolicella wine over dried Amarone grape skins to extract colour, richness and complexity. A seminal wine that created an entire style category.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Bold
From the single Torbe hillside vineyard in the Negrar valley, Campolongo di Torbe is characterised by spicy, tobacco-inflected dried fruit with earthier notes than Masi's more opulent Mazzano bottling.
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 · 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.
Off Dry · Light-bodied · High acidity · Elegant · Festive
A single-hill Cartizze grand cru expression from the Stecca parcel, with richer fruit, honeyed florality and greater complexity than the standard Rustico, yet retaining the hallmark lightness of the hill.
Dry · Light-bodied · High acidity · Refreshing · Festive
The benchmark entry-level Prosecco Superiore DOCG from Nino Franco. Pale straw with fine persistent perlage; white stone fruit and floral notes lead to a crisp, dry finish.
Dry · Full-bodied · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
Molceo is among the most complex white wines produced in the Lugana DOC. Extended lees contact in both oak and steel develops remarkable textural richness and autolytic complexity in the Turbiana grape. One of the first producers to prove that Lugana could produce serious age-worthy whites.
Sweet · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Romantic · Elegant
Pieropan's Recioto di Soave from the Le Colombare parcel is the most prestigious expression of the ancient sweet white wine tradition of the Soave zone; dried Garganega produces extraordinary apricot-honey concentration kept fresh by the varietal's trademark high acidity.
Dry · Light-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Easygoing
Pieropan's estate Soave Classico is the reference-standard expression of the appellation: Garganega's characteristic almond-blossom and white-peach aromas with a saline, mineral finish from the volcanic basalt hillside soils of the Classico zone.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · Racy acidity · Elegant · Refreshing
Calvarino is Pieropan's basalt and limestone single-vineyard Soave, planted in 1924 to Garganega and Trebbiano di Soave; the volcanic basalt soils give a crackling acidity and mineral depth far beyond the appellation average, with exceptional ageing potential.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
La Rocca is 100% Garganega from the volcanic tufa hillside above Soave castle, barrel-fermented and aged; arguably Italy's most cellar-worthy white wine, developing hazelnut-honey complexity over 10-plus years while retaining the grape's almond-mineral core.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · Racy acidity · Elegant · Refreshing
Pra's Monte Grande from the basalt-rich Monteforte hillside is a benchmark organic Soave Classico: Graziano Pra's organic viticulture and extended lees contact produce a pure, mineral, textural wine of genuine complexity and age-worthiness for the price.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
Capitel Croce is Anselmi's barrel-aged 100% Garganega, named for a wayside cross on the Capitel Croce hill; oak-fermented with extended lees contact to produce a richer, more complex expression of the varietal with hazelnuts, golden apple and creamy texture.
Sweet · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Romantic · Contemplative
I Capitelli is Anselmi's late-harvest sweet Garganega, made from overripe and botrytised bunches from the Capitel Croce and Capitel Foscarino hills; rich, honeyed and apricot-dominated but lifted by the grape's natural acidity that keeps it from cloying.
Dry · Light-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Easygoing
San Vincenzo is Anselmi's most widely distributed wine, a Garganega-Chardonnay Veneto IGT that captures the almond-blossom freshness of the Soave zone in a light, food-friendly, affordable white. The Chardonnay adds body without altering the Garganega character.
Off Dry · Light-bodied · Medium acidity · Festive · Elegant
Ruggeri's Cartizze expression from the storied 107-hectare grand cru hill. Off-dry and aromatic with richer fruit and honey than the standard Valdobbiadene range, showing the concentration that the south-facing Cartizze slopes produce.
Off Dry · Light-bodied · Medium acidity · Easygoing · Refreshing
The historical benchmark of Ruggeri, first produced when the house was founded in 1950. Giustino B is named after Giustino Bisol, who co-founded the house; this Extra Dry expression became one of the most recognised Prosecco Superiore labels in the zone.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
The flagship of the Montello DOCG, one of northeastern Italy's most serious Bordeaux-blend reds. Serafini and Vidotto pioneered quality Bordeaux-variety production on the Montello hills in the 1980s when the zone was considered secondary. Il Rosso dell'Abazia has become the reference point for the designation.
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.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · Racy acidity · Elegant · Refreshing
Suavia's Monte Carbonare from the village of Soave itself: 100% Garganega from a steep volcanic tufa hillside with century-old vines; lees-aged in large casks producing exceptional mineral depth, citrus-almond precision and great cellaring potential.
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 · 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.
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 · High acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
The defining wine of the Colli Euganei Fior d'Arancio DOCG, Italy's most aromatic dessert wine appellation. Moscato Giallo grapes are dried (passito) on bamboo racks in the volcanic Euganean Hills; the intensely floral and orange-scented result is unlike any other 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 exceptional vintages and aged five years in oak; the highest Oseleta proportion and extended ageing produce Zenato's most structured and concentrated wine, with extraordinary longevity.
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.