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Structure
Drinking window
Best 6 to 25 years from vintage.
vintage6 yrs25 yrs27 yrs
Critic scores
No critic score is published for this bottle that we can cite with a reviewer, a vintage and a review year, so none is shown. The rating in the header is our own.
In the glass
What it pairs with
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Braised beef
The concentration of a three to four month appassimento suits a long braise. -
Roast game
Barrique-aged Amarone is a standard partner for game. -
Aged cheese
Salt is the counterweight to the wine's weight.
History
Degani describes Amarone as a noble wine made from the best bunches, hand-picked and dried in plateaux for three to four months. Pressing takes place in January and the wine is transferred to steel, then to barrique for two to three years after malolactic fermentation.
Facts
- Producer
- Fratelli Degani · visiting guide
- Grapes
- Corvina, Corvinone, Rondinella
- Classification
- Amarone della Valpolicella DOCG
- Oak
- Twenty-four to thirty-six months in barriques after malolactic fermentation, then several months in bottle
- Price
- €50-80 at retail
- Drinking window
- 6-25 from vintage
Frequently asked about Fratelli Degani Amarone della Valpolicella
How long are the grapes dried for Degani Amarone?
Three to four months in dedicated plateaux, over which the estate says the sugar concentration rises by twenty-five to thirty percent.
How is Degani Amarone aged?
The grapes are pressed in January and fermented for about twenty-five to thirty days, then the wine goes to steel and, after malolactic fermentation, matures in barriques for twenty-four to thirty-six months before some months in bottle.
Is Degani Amarone a Classico?
The estate's own page labels the wine Amarone della Valpolicella without the Classico mention, so that is how it is recorded here.
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