Cuvées

Allegrini Palazzo della Torre

4.3

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.

Allegrini Valpolicella Classico Superiore

4.4

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.

Antolini Valpolicella Classico

4.2

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.

Begali Valpolicella Classico

4.1

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.

Cantina Marchi Valpolicella

4.1

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.

Corte Rugolin Valpolicella Classico

4.1

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.

Costa Arente Lugana

4.0

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.

Fratelli Degani Valpolicella Classico

4.1

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.

I Campi Campo delle Rocce Valpolicella Superiore

4.2

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.

Le Ragose Valpolicella Classico

4.1

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.

Le Salette La Molinara Rosato

4.0

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.

Le Salette Valpolicella Classico

4.1

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.

Marchesi Fumanelli Buran Bianco Veneto

4.0

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.

Marchesi Fumanelli Terso Bianco Veneto

4.0

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.

Masi Campofiorin

4.4

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.

Santa Sofia Valpolicella Classico Superiore

4.2

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.

Scriani Valpolicella Classico

4.2

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.

Secondo Marco Valpolicella Classico

4.4

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.

Speri Valpolicella Classico

4.2

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.

Tenuta Santa Maria Valverde Valpolicella Classico

4.1

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.

Tommasi Valpolicella Classico Superiore Ripasso

4.4

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.

Valentina Cubi Iperico Valpolicella Classico

4.2

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.

Vaona Odino Valpolicella Classico

4.1

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.