Structure

Bodyfull
Tanninfirm
Aciditymedium
Sweetnessdry
Finishlong
Oaklarge or old casks

Drinking window

Best 6 to 30 years from vintage.
vintage6 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

Full-bodiedFirm tanninMedium acidityDryLong finish

Aroma: dried fruit, ethereal lift

Palate: full warm weight, enveloping dry close

Intense garnet red with an ethereal scent of dried fruit, then full, warm, enveloping and dry on the palate, a wine the estate describes as important and of rare elegance that lends itself well to ageing.

What it pairs with

  • Brasati
    The estate names robust red-meat second courses such as braises.
  • Game
    Speri lists cacciagione directly for this Amarone.
  • Aged cheese
    The producer calls it excellent with mature cheeses.

History

Speri produces a single Amarone, from the Monte Sant'Urbano property at Fumane. The estate does not make it in less favourable vintages and releases it at least twelve months after the date the production rules allow. Its first bottles reached the market in the second half of the 1950s. The grapes dry about a hundred days on traditional arele of wood and bamboo, losing around forty percent of their weight.

Facts

Producer
Speri Viticoltori · visiting guide
Grapes
Corvina Veronese, Corvinone, Rondinella (25%), Molinara (5%)
Classification
Amarone della Valpolicella Classico DOCG
Oak
Twenty-four months in 500-litre French tonneaux, then eighteen months in medium and large Slavonian casks and twelve months in bottle
ABV
15.0%
Price
€60-100 at retail
Drinking window
6-30 from vintage
Organic
ORGANIC CERTIFIED

Frequently asked about Speri Sant'Urbano Amarone della Valpolicella Classico

How many Amarones does Speri make?

One. The estate states it produces a single Amarone, the DOCG Classico Sant'Urbano, and does not make it at all in less favourable vintages.

What does Speri Sant'Urbano Amarone taste like?

The estate reports an intense garnet red with an ethereal scent of dried fruit, and a full, warm, enveloping and dry palate. It calls the wine important and of rare elegance, well suited to ageing.

How are the grapes dried?

About a hundred days on the traditional arele, wooden and bamboo racks, with a weight loss of around forty percent. The estate uses three drying lofts in hillside or foothill positions with good natural airflow, the main one at 300 metres on the Sant'Urbano estate.

Tags

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

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