Structure

Bodyfull
Tanninfirm
Aciditymedium
Sweetnessdry
Finishlong
Oakbarrel aged

Drinking window

Best 8 to 25 years from vintage.
vintage8 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

Full-bodiedFirm tanninMedium acidityDryLong finish

Aroma: ripe red fruit, jam, spice, coffee, dark chocolate, tobacco, goudron

Palate: almond, cherry jam, spice, tobacco

The Riserva from the Le Balze cru: deep garnet, intense in ripe red fruit and jam with the marks of appassimento, spice, coffee, dark chocolate, tobacco and goudron, and a generous, velvety, sapid palate closing on almond and cherry jam.

What it pairs with

  • Roast rib of beef
    The estate lists grilled and roasted red meat for this wine.
  • Hare in salmi
    Novaia names game, which meets the wine's tobacco and goudron register.
  • Extra-mature cheese
    The producer recommends extra mature cheeses to carry the extract.

History

Le Balze is a hillside cru at 300 metres in Marano, exposed south to south-east on clay and limestone, planted to Guyot at 5000 vines per hectare. The grapes are picked in the third week of September and dried about a hundred days in a hillside fruttaio at 400 metres before fermenting thirty days in oak truncated-cone vats.

Facts

Producer
Novaia · visiting guide
Grapes
Corvina, Corvinone, Rondinella
Classification
Amarone della Valpolicella Classico Riserva DOCG
Oak
Thirty-six months in wooden barrel and twelve months in bottle
Price
€85-140 at retail
Drinking window
8-25 from vintage
Organic
ORGANIC CERTIFIED

Frequently asked about Novaia Le Balze Amarone della Valpolicella Classico Riserva

What does Novaia Le Balze taste like?

The estate describes a deep garnet red with an intense aroma of ripe red fruit and jam together with the typical notes of the drying process, evident hints of spice, coffee, dark chocolate, tobacco and goudron from ageing. It is highly extracted, generous, velvety, sapid and persistent, with hints of almond, cherry jam, spices and tobacco.

What classification does Novaia Le Balze have?

Amarone della Valpolicella DOCG Classico Riserva, from the Le Balze cru, and the estate labels it an organic wine.

When should I drink Novaia Le Balze?

Novaia says it is likely to age well up to fifteen years and more if stored properly. Serve at 18 degrees Celsius and decant at least an hour ahead.

Tags

cellar worthy corvina corvinone dessert passito dry firm tannin full body medium acid mood bold mood contemplative occasion cellar occasion gift occasion special old world organic pairs with aged cheese pairs with game pairs with red meat price fine rondinella single vineyard

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