Aperitivo in Valpolicella

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

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 · Racy acidity · Refreshing · Festive

Straw yellow with golden reflections and a fine, persistent perlage, with delicate scents of freshly baked croissant crust and echoes of exotic fruit and citrus, then vigorous and enveloping on the palate with a lashing, crystalline acidity.

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

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 · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Easygoing

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

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 · Refreshing · Easygoing

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 · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Easygoing

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

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

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.

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

Bright yellow with greenish reflections, with ripe fruit and floral notes and a full, mineral, enveloping palate of great persistence and elegance.

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

Pale bright pink, fruity and floral with cherry, redcurrant and dog rose, then fresh, sapid and elegant with a pleasant balance, made from a short press maceration and a cool eight-day fermentation.

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

Santa Sofia's Classico Superiore is a reliable, food-friendly, accessible Valpolicella from the historic Pedemonte estate with cherry-tobacco character and good acidity.