Bertani Amarone della Valpolicella Classico

In the glass

Aroma: dried cherry, tobacco, leather, dried herbs, cedar, dark chocolate, orange peel

Palate: dried fig, cherry liqueur, tobacco leaf, cedar, leather, spice

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.

What it pairs with

• Brasato al Amarone
  Beef braised in Amarone is the canonical pairing; Bertani's leather-herb notes reinforce the braise.
• Aged Pecorino Toscano
  The savoury, nutty cheese matches the wine's herb-leather complexity.
• Wild mushroom risotto
  Earthy porcini mushroom umami resonates with the wine's cedar and dried-herb character.

History

Bertani has been producing Amarone from Negrar since the appellation's earliest commercial period. The estate's signature is extreme patience: minimum eight years in large casks is standard, giving wines that evolve very slowly and show a dried-herb, leather character quite distinct from modern fruit-forward styles. Bertani holds a large library of back vintages and regularly releases old vintages at cellar door.

1. 1857 — Bertani winery founded by brothers Gaetano and Giovan Battista Bertani
2. 1958 — Bertani Amarone commercial bottling begins
3. 2021 — Bertani acquired by Tenimenti Angelini, traditional long-oak approach maintained

Facts

Producer

Bertani

Grapes

Corvina (70%), Rondinella (30%)

Classification

Amarone della Valpolicella Classico DOCG

Oak

Aged minimum 8 years in large Slavonian oak 50-100HL casks; often longer for special editions

ABV

15.0%

Price

€90-160 at retail

Drinking window

10-40 from vintage

First vintage

1958

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