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Structure
Drinking window
Best 10 to 30 years from vintage.
vintage10 yrs30 yrs32 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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Roast rib of beef
The longest-aged wine of the house needs plain, rich meat. -
Hare in salmi
A Riserva Amarone is the classic partner for slow-cooked game. -
Extra-aged Parmigiano
Crystalline salt frames a wine of this concentration.
History
Octavius is the top wine of Marchesi Fumanelli, an Amarone Classico Riserva from the Squarano estate the family has worked since 1470, made with a tenth of other autochthonous varieties alongside the classic trio.
Facts
- Producer
- Marchesi Fumanelli · visiting guide
- Grapes
- Corvina (40%), Corvinone (40%), Rondinella (10%)
- Classification
- Amarone della Valpolicella Classico Riserva DOCG
- Oak
- Extended cask ageing in the historic Squarano cellars, with ten percent other native varieties in the blend
- Price
- €110-190 at retail
- Drinking window
- 10-30 from vintage
Frequently asked about Marchesi Fumanelli Octavius Amarone della Valpolicella Classico Riserva
What grapes are in Octavius?
The estate publishes 40 percent Corvina, 40 percent Corvinone, 10 percent Rondinella and 10 percent other native varieties.
What classification does Octavius have?
Amarone della Valpolicella Classico Riserva DOCG, the longest-aged category of the appellation.
How is Octavius different from the estate's Amarone Classico?
The Riserva carries the extra ten percent of other autochthonous varieties and the longer minimum ageing the Riserva category requires.
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