In the glass
Aroma: dried cherry, dark plum, chocolate, tobacco leaf, spice
Palate: intense dark fruit, velvety tannins, bitter cocoa, long persistence
Campagnola's Amarone della Valpolicella Classico is produced from appassimento-dried Corvina, Corvinone and Rondinella grapes from the Classico hills. Two to three years in large Slavonian oak develop the characteristic dried fruit, dark chocolate and tobacco complexity of the DOCG's flagship wine.
What it pairs with
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Brasato all'Amarone
The traditional Veronese dish braised in Amarone; using the same wine in the glass is the regional custom. -
Aged Parmigiano-Reggiano 24 months
Crystalline aged Parmesan and the wine's dried-fruit intensity create a balance of richness and structure. -
Braised wild boar
The game's intensity requires Amarone's full body and structured tannins.
History
Campagnola began Amarone production in the late 1960s when the wine was becoming commercially recognised beyond Italy. Though best known for Bardolino, the Campagnola estate's Classico hillside vineyards provide the Corvina and Corvinone for a traditional appassimento Amarone. The Campagnola version is positioned as an accessible quality Classico DOCG rather than a prestige collector wine.
- 1968 — Campagnola first produces Amarone della Valpolicella Classico for commercial release.
- 2009 — Amarone della Valpolicella elevated to DOCG.
Facts
- Producer
- Cantine Campagnola
- Grapes
- Corvina (70%), Corvinone (20%), Rondinella (10%)
- Classification
- Amarone della Valpolicella Classico DOCG
- Oak
- 2-3 years in large Slavonian oak botti
- ABV
- 15.0%
- Price
- EUR 35-55 at retail
- Drinking window
- 8-25 from vintage
- First vintage
- 1968