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.

Verona IGT Gemei 2023 Ottella

Valpolicella Ripasso Superiore DOC Bosan 2020 Gerardo Cesari

Amarone della Valpolicella Classico DOCG 2021 Tommasi

Valpolicella Classico Superiore DOC 2022 Domini Veneti

Bardolino DOC Torre del Falasco 2024 Cantina Valpantena

Amarone della Valpolicella DOCG Mai Dire Mai 2016 Pasqua

Veneto IGT Pinot Nero Rosso Fumo 2020 Sandro De Bruno

Amarone della Valpolicella Classico DOCG 2022 Farina

Valpolicella DOP Rêverie 2024 Zýmé

Valpolicella Classico Superiore DOC 2021 Villa Della Torre

Valpolicella Classico DOC 2024 Allegrini

Valpolicella Ripasso Classico Superiore DOC Etichetta Storica 2023 Fabiano

Venezia DOC Cabernet Sauvignon 2021 La Frassina

Valpolicella Ripasso Classico Superiore DOC Le Poiane 2020 Bolla

Amarone della Valpolicella DOCG Antonio Castagnedi 2019 Tenuta Sant'Antonio

Valpolicella Ripasso Superiore DOP Castelliere delle Guaite Primo Ripasso 2019 Montresor

Amarone della Valpolicella Classico DOCG 2021 Tommasi

Valpolicella Classico Superiore DOC Etichetta Storica 2023 Fabiano