Valpolicella DOC
DESCRIPTION:
The fresh, fruity notes with unique hints of cherry are completed by aromatic herbs.GRAPE TREATMENT:
After harvest, 20% of the grapes are left to rest in the drying room for up to 10/15 days, to recover depth and aromas. Clearly, the rest period depends on rainfall during the weeks prior to harvest.REFINEMENT:
After pressing, 6 months in steel before being bottled directly. With this wine, we seek to highlight the identity and character of the territory, with freshness and an easy drink being the key characteristics. The absence of sugar residue helps highlight the minerality and sapidity of each sip, giving the “Valpo” its fineness and elegance.
| 50% Corvina, 20% Corvinone, 30% Rondinella |
| 750 ml bottle |
| alcoholic content: 12.5% |
| total acidity: 6.10 g/l |
“Valpo” is the jargon used locally by residents in the production area to refer to Valpolicella. Indeed, it is Valpo that features heavily on Verona tables, providing an aperitif both at home and when out and about. The Valpo is the wine of the Valley, as highlighted in the name on the label.
Valpolicella Superiore DOC
DESCRIPTION:
A unique expression of freshness, open to the typical characteristics of light drying, with aromatic sensations of subtly sweet spices, whose finale recalls liquorice as the tasting closes with a “return”, as great wines usually do..GRAPE TREATMENT:
After harvesting, the grapes are left to rest in the drying room for about 15 days, to dry off the surplus water in the fruit, depending on how rainy the weeks were in the run-up to harvest.REFINEMENT:
1 year composite, divided up between:
- 60% second passage extra-fine grain French oak barriques. The staves are left to rest for 36 months before being toasted, thereby ensuring a softer contribution to the wine. In addition, the lees, which represent 20% of the wood, are not toasted, so as to further dilute the presence of the wood and respect the wine’s identity
- 30% 10-year Italian casks: these give the wine a suppleness and a far lesser passage of scents than the small casks
- 10% in terracotta amphora necessary to keep the soul of the hill of our wines alive and to highlight the mineral, sapid side of the terroir
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| 50% Corvina, 20% Corvinone, 25% Rondinella, 5% Oseleta – Croatina |
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| 750 ml bottle – 1.5 l magnum |
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| alcoholic content: 14% |
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| total acidity: 5.60 g/l |
At the time, Alberto Malesani baptised his Valpolicella Superiore “il Rientro”, a term he used regularly in training sessions and matches to tell the team to fall back into a compact defence harmoniously, thereby reflecting the compact and harmonious nature of this wine.
L’Amarone della Valpolicella DOCG
DESCRIPTION:
A complex hint at the ethereal, austerity and fineness with aromatic qualities that recall the typical Marasca cherries of the Verona hills, blueberries and chocolate, with a lingering persistence of ripe fruits.GRAPE TREATMENT:
After harvesting, the grapes are left to rest in the drying room for the required length of time. The freshest grapes are chosen for our cuvée, thereby guaranteeing the Amarone the greatest length possible.REFINEMENT:
The wine matures 90% in barriques for 24 months. We use French oak only, obtained from the central forest. We demand a particular treatment on the casks, as they are left to rest for around 18 months before being toasted, thereby ensuring a softer contribution to the wine. In addition, 20% of the barriques we use are steam treated only, so as to further dilute the presence of the wood and respect the wine’s identity. The remaining 10% is left to rest in Italian casks, to slightly dilute the contribution of new woods and guarantee a leaner wine.
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| 50% Corvina, 20% Corvinone, 25% Rondinella, 5% Oseleta – Croatina |
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| 750 ml bottle – 1.5 l magnum |
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| alcoholic content: 16% |
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| total acidity: 5.70 g/l |
“Amarone” contains the word “Amare” (“to love”): indeed, what other emotion could this wine possibly convey, both to those who produce it and those who enjoy it?
Il Recioto della Valpolicella DOCG
DESCRIPTION:
This offers a triumph of spices to the nose: cinnamon, nutmeg and, even more evident, hints of cocoa, pepper and cloves; this is then followed by fruit, with hints of plum.GRAPE TREATMENT:
After harvesting, the grapes are left to rest in the drying room for the required length of time. The freshest grapes are chosen for our cuvée, thereby guaranteeing the Recioto the greatest length possible and a better balance in the glass.REFINEMENT:
Wine fermentation is controlled in barriques for 12 months. We use French oak only, obtained from the central forest. We demand a particular treatment on the casks, as they are left to rest for around 18 months before being toasted, thereby ensuring a softer contribution to the wine. In addition, 20% of the barriques we use are steam treated only, so as to further dilute the presence of the wood and respect the wine’s identity. Once the desired level of sugar has been reached, of around 90g/l, fermentation is stopped.
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| 50% Corvina, 20% Corvinone, 25% Rondinella, 5% Oseleta – Croatina |
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| 500 ml bottle |
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| alcoholic content: 14% |
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| total acidity: 6.20 g/l |
The name “Recioto” in fact contains the title “Re” (meaning “King”), thereby highlighting the fact that this is the most noble wine of all, unique in its flavour and richness of expression, the one calling for the closest attention during production, which is deliberately limited.
Amarone della Valpolicella DOCG
DESCRIPTION:
Ethereal and spicy with delicate, long-lasting hints of black pepper and ripe fruit, this is a great wine to be savoured slowly, without haste.GRAPE TREATMENT:
After harvesting, the grapes are left to rest in the drying room for the required length of time. The loosest-packed grapes are chosen for our cuvée, thereby guaranteeing the Aristide the greatest length possible.REFINEMENT:
The wine matures 100% in new barriques for 36 months. We use extra fine grain French oak only. We demand a particular treatment on the staves, as they are left to rest for around 36 months before being toasted, thereby ensuring a softer contribution to the wine. In addition, the lees, which represent 20% of the wood, are not toasted, so as to further dilute the presence of the wood and respect the wine’s identity. The long refinement allows this wine to develop an extensive, enveloping bouquet, accompanied by the strength of the Amarone and the elegance of our terroir.
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| 70% Corvina, 25% Corvinone, 5% Rondinella |
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| 750 ml bottle – 1.5 l magnum
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| alcoholic content: 17%
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| total acidity: 5.70 g/l |
The “Aristide” is not a wine we produce, but rather one that is created from man’s talent and nature’s majesty. It is a work of art, and indeed the word is embodied in its name..
