Digestif (no food) in Valpolicella

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 · Medium tannin · High acidity · Savoury · Bold

Ruby red, recalling cherry, tobacco, aromatic herbs and spice, and closing on freshness with balsamic and minty notes and a long persistence.

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.

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.

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 · 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.

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.

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 · 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 · 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 · 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.

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.