In the glass
Aroma: dried cherry, tobacco, leather, cedar, dark chocolate, dried herbs
Palate: dried plum, tobacco leaf, cedar, espresso, leather, spice
Santa Sofia's Amarone is a traditional-style Classico from the historic Pedemonte estate, emphasising tobacco-leather complexity and long cellarability; the 16th-century villa setting adds heritage gravitas to a consistently well-made Amarone.
What it pairs with
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Braised beef alla Veneziana with polenta
The wine's tobacco-leather richness is the textbook companion for Venetian-style braised beef. -
Prosciutto di San Daniele with melon
The sweet-salt of cured prosciutto and melon resonates with the wine's dried fruit concentration.
History
Santa Sofia has operated from the historic Villa Santa Sofia in Pedemonte since 1811, but began bottling Amarone commercially in the 1940s under the Begnoni family. The Palladian-attributed loggia of the villa is a landmark in the Classico zone.
- 1811 — Santa Sofia estate established as a winery in historic Villa Santa Sofia
- 1943 — First Santa Sofia Amarone commercial bottling
Facts
- Producer
- Santa Sofia
- Grapes
- Corvina (65%), Rondinella (25%), Corvinone (10%)
- Classification
- Amarone della Valpolicella Classico DOCG
- Oak
- Aged 3 years in large Slavonian oak casks
- ABV
- 15.0%
- Price
- €55-85 at retail
- Drinking window
- 8-25 from vintage
- First vintage
- 1943