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.

Amarone della Valpolicella Classico DOCG 2021 Domini Veneti

Valpolicella Ripasso Valpantena DOC 2022 Bertani

Piave DOC Rosso Cabernet 2023 Castello di Roncade

Amarone della Valpolicella DOCG Anfora 2021 Cantina Valpantena

Veneto Rosso IGT Solèr 2022 De Stefani

Valpolicella DOC Classico 2023 Gerardo Cesari

Valpolicella Ripasso DOC 2021 Casalforte

Amarone della Valpolicella DOCG Riserva 2017 Tenuta Delo

Merlot Drago Rosso 2022 Paladin

Bardolino DOC Ca' Vegar 2024 Cantina Castelnuovo del Garda

Valpolicella DOC Classico Superiore Bosan 2021 Gerardo Cesari

Valpolicella Ripasso Superiore DOC 2022 Pasqua

Amarone della Valpolicella Classico DOCG Etichetta Storica 2021 Fabiano

Valpolicella Classico Superiore DOC Etichetta Storica 2023 Fabiano

Veneto IGT Merlot 2023 Torresella

Montello Asolo DOC Il Rosso Dell'Abazia 2019 Serafini & Vidotto

Veneto IGT Cabernet Sauvignon 2022 Torresella

Valpolicella Ripasso DOC Corte Giara La Groletta 2023 Allegrini