Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Rustic · Easygoing
AllegriniValpolicella€€€€€€€Still Red
A Veronese IGT using partial ripasso over Amarone pomace adding richness to the Corvina-Rondinella blend, while a small Sangiovese component adds acidity. Approachable but complex mid-tier red from Allegrini.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Easygoing · Rustic
AllegriniValpolicella€€€€€€Still Red
Allegrini's estate Classico Superiore reflects the house's high Corvinone proportion (45%) adding floral lift and softer tannin alongside Corvina's cherry-herb character; a bright, food-friendly everyday Valpolicella.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Easygoing · Fruity
AntoliniValpolicella€€€€€€Still Red
Lively ruby red, with a delicate, vinous and fragrant red-fruit nose and a sapid, frank and pleasant palate carrying live acidity and moderate tannin.
Dry · Light-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Easygoing · Fruity
BegaliValpolicella€€€€€€Still Red
Ruby to cherry red, with a fresh and fruity nose and a light, fruity and soft flavour: a young wine the estate says adapts well to any situation.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Easygoing · Fruity
Cantina MarchiValpolicella€€€€€€Still Red
Ruby red, revealing the classic aromas of cherry and small red fruits with floral hints, then soft on the palate with what the estate calls an extraordinary freshness.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · High acidity · Rustic · Easygoing
Cantina Valpolicella NegrarValpolicella€€€€€€€€Dessert Passito
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 · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Easygoing · Fruity
Corte RugolinValpolicella€€€€€€Still Red
Brilliant ruby with a fruited nose of cherry, sour cherry and plum and a pleasantly savoury, harmonious mouth: fresh, young and ready without needing long ageing.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Easygoing
Costa ArenteValpolicella€€€€€€Still White
The estate's look beyond the Valpantena, a Lugana from the clay flats south of Lake Garda, first made in 2020.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Easygoing · Refreshing
Fratelli DeganiValpolicella€€€€€€Still Red
A dry red made by soft pressing with destemming, fifteen days of maceration with three hand punch-downs a day, and steel storage before bottling, at 13 percent alcohol and 5.7 grams per litre of total acidity.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Easygoing · Refreshing
I CampiValpolicella€€€€€€Still Red
A Valpolicella Superiore whose simplicity is the point: fresh red fruit, floral notes and a little spice from the varieties, with delicate tannin and freshness balanced by softness.
Dry · Light-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Easygoing · Refreshing
Le RagoseValpolicella€€€€€€Still Red
Ruby red with an almond scent and tones of rose and cherry, fresh and dry on the palate and pleasantly tart, a young wine of moderate alcohol to be drunk within a year or two.
Dry · Light-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Easygoing
Le SaletteValpolicella€€€€€€Still Rose
Fresh and fruity but elegant at the same time, a varietal Molinara rosato the estate positions as versatile at table and easy on its own.
Dry · Light-bodied · Low tannin · Medium acidity · Easygoing · Refreshing
Le SaletteValpolicella€€€€€€Still Red
The estate calls it a fresh, fruity, food-friendly wine, a blend of the indigenous grapes that reflects the terroir it takes its name from.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Easygoing
Marchesi FumanelliValpolicella€€€€€€Still White
A Trebbiano-led white with Garganega and Incrocio Manzoni, one of the two whites the Fumanelli family makes at Squarano alongside its Valpolicella reds.
Dry · Light-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Easygoing
Marchesi FumanelliValpolicella€€€€€€Still White
A fifty-fifty blend of Garganega and Trebbiano Toscano, the simpler of the two Fumanelli whites and the everyday counterpart to the estate's Valpolicella reds.
Dry · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · Medium acidity · Fruity · Easygoing
Masi AgricolaValpolicella€€€€€€Still Red
Rich, round and velvety but sociable at table: intense ruby, ripe cherry and sweet spice on the nose, rich and intense in cherry and wild berries on the palate with good persistence and soft tannins.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Easygoing · Rustic
Santa SofiaValpolicella€€€€€€Still Red
Santa Sofia's Classico Superiore is a reliable, food-friendly, accessible Valpolicella from the historic Pedemonte estate with cherry-tobacco character and good acidity.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Easygoing · Fruity
ScrianiValpolicella€€€€€€Still Red
Brilliant ruby with a fragrant, intense and very fruity scent and a dry, harmonious taste, from the Ronchiel and La Costa vineyards in the Fumane valley.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Easygoing · Refreshing
Secondo MarcoValpolicella€€€€€€Still Red
Luminous ruby, elegant and aromatically complex for its level, with fruit and prevailing spice notes, sapid and light-footed with extraordinary drinkability.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Fruity · Easygoing
Speri ViticoltoriValpolicella€€€€€€Still Red
Ruby red with violet reflections and intense vinous scents of violet and cherry, a medium-bodied, fruity wine the estate says is made to be drunk young.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Rustic · Easygoing
Tedeschi ViniValpolicella€€€€€€€Still Red
The Capitel dei Nicalo is Tedeschi's Valpolicella Superiore partially ripassoed over dried skins, offering accessible Corvina cherry fruit with tobacco structure and good food-pairing versatility.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Easygoing
Tenuta Santa Maria ValverdeValpolicella€€€€€€Still Red
The estate's base red, from grapes grown as high as 600 metres on basaltic and clay soils of volcanic origin in the Marano valley.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Rustic · Easygoing
Tommasi ViticoltoriValpolicella€€€€€€€Still Red
Tommasi's Ripasso offers the hallmark refermentation complexity over dried Amarone skins in a well-structured, cherry-tobacco dominated medium red that is one of the zone's best-value offerings in the Ripasso DOC.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Easygoing · Savoury
Valentina CubiValpolicella€€€€€€€Still Red
Selected from the best Valpolicella in the cellar, a wine in which freshness, fruit and soft notes from refinement blend together, which the estate says gives it great versatility.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Easygoing · Fruity
Valentina CubiValpolicella€€€€€€Still Red
The estate's first organic bottling, embracing floral, fruity and pleasantly spiced notes, going straight into bottle after racking and a steel refinement so that it stays fresh and easy for everyday drinking.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Easygoing · Fruity
Vaona OdinoValpolicella€€€€€€Still Red
Ruby red, intense in red fruit on the nose and well balanced on the palate with good acidity, from certified organic terraced hillside vineyards at 200 to 250 metres.