Brigaldara Amarone della Valpolicella Classico

In the glass

Aroma: dried cherry, tobacco, dark chocolate, cedar, dried violet, leather

Palate: dried plum, espresso, tobacco, cedar, dried herbs, iron

Brigaldara's Classico Amarone is known for its precise, traditional approach: careful appassimento in the estate's fruttai and mixed Slavonian/French oak ageing producing a structured, age-worthy expression.

What it pairs with

• Brasato al Amarone
  The wine's dried-cherry concentration and firm tannins make it a natural match for the Veronese braised beef classic.
• Risotto with aged Monte Veronese
  The local aged cheese in a risotto echoes the wine's cedar-mineral register.

History

The Cesari family produces Amarone from the Classico zone vineyards around the Via Brigaldara estate in San Pietro in Cariano. A meticulous approach to appassimento has made Brigaldara a consistent quality benchmark.

1. 1988 — Brigaldara estate established as a producing Valpolicella Classico estate in San Pietro in Cariano
2. 1988 — First Brigaldara Amarone Classico release

Facts

Producer

Brigaldara

Grapes

Corvina (70%), Corvinone (20%), Oseleta (5%), Rondinella (5%)

Classification

Amarone della Valpolicella Classico DOCG

Oak

Aged 2 years in large Slavonian oak casks and 1 year in French tonneaux (500L)

ABV

15.5%

Price

€55-85 at retail

Drinking window

8-25 from vintage

First vintage

1988

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