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.

Valpolicella Ripasso Superiore DOC Monti Garbi 2022 Tenuta Sant'Antonio

Valpolicella Ripasso Classico Superiore DOC La Cengia 2022 Begali

Valpolicella Classico DOC Bonacosta 2024 Masi

Valpolicella DOC Classico Superiore Sant'Urbano 2022 Speri

Veneto IGT Merlot 2024 Paladin

Verona IGT Rosso Terra dei Ciliegi 2024 Tommasi

Veneto IGT Cabernet Franc Alzero 2015 Giuseppe Quintarelli

Valpolicella DOC Superiore Monte Lodoletta 2018 Romano Dal Forno

Amarone della Valpolicella DOCG Riserva Due Mori 2015 Ilatium Morini

Amarone della Valpolicella Classico Riserva DOCG Costasera 2019 Masi

Amarone della Valpolicella DOCG 2019 Roccolo Grassi

Valpolicella Classico Superiore DOC Grola 2022 Allegrini

Amarone della Valpolicella Riserva DOCG 2018 Casa Lupo

Amarone della Valpolicella Classico DOCG 2019 Begali

Amarone della Valpolicella DOCG Corte Giara La Groletta 2022 Allegrini

Amarone della Valpolicella DOCG 2019 Cecilia Beretta

Amarone della Valpolicella DOCG Monte Lodoletta 2018 Romano Dal Forno

Amarone della Valpolicella Classico DOCG 2021 Allegrini