Amarone, Ripasso & co.

With its 75,000 hectares of vineyards, Veneto is one of the main Italian wine regions. The reds produced here come mainly from the area between Lake Garda and Valpolicella, where the great drying wines are born .

This process, from which Amarone, Ripasso and Recioto della Valpolicella are born, consists in drying the grapes in ventilated rooms called fruit trees , where the bunches lose about 30% of their water content, for the benefit of a higher concentration of sugars and aromatic components .

Typically obtained from a blend of autochthonous dark berry varieties, such as Corvina Veronese, Rondinella and Corvinone, Amarone is a close relative of the wine with the oldest Recioto tradition, unlike which completes the fermentation in full, giving light to a dry wine and structured, complex and elegant . A similar process gives rise to Ripasso , considered the "younger brother of Amarone", which arises from the technique known as "ripasso", consisting of the contact of the Valpolicella base wine with the residual pomace of Amarone , more or less dried, for about 15-20 days.

Veneto IGT Merlot 2021 Torresella

Trevenezie IGT Cabernet Sauvignon 2021 Serafini & Vidotto

Valpolicella Ripasso Superiore DOC 2017 Tenuta Delo

Veneto IGP Rosso Appassimento Fiorebella 2021 Tenute Fiorebelli

Valpolicella Classico Superiore DOC Etichetta Storica 2022 Fabiano

Valpolicella Ripasso DOC 2020 Le Arche

Piave DOC Merlot 2022 Castello di Roncade

Valpolicella DOC Nanfrè 2021 Tenuta Sant'Antonio

Veneto IGT Villa Giustinian 2018 Castello di Roncade

Veneto IGT Merlot 2023 Paladin

Veronese IGT Palazzo della Torre 2020 Allegrini

Valpolicella Ripasso Classico Superiore DOC 2020 Tommasi

Valpolicella Classico Superiore DOC 2021 Zenato

Veneto IGT Cabernet Sauvignon 2021 Torresella

Veneto IGT Scaia Paradiso 2020 Tenuta Sant'Antonio

Valpolicella Ripasso Classico Superiore DOC Regolo 2021 Sartori di Verona

Piave DOC Rosso Cabernet 2022 Castello di Roncade

Bardolino DOC Stile Naturale 2021 Cottini