Brigaldara
Amarone della Valpolicella Classico 2019
| Denomination | DOCG Amarone della Valpolicella Classico |
|---|---|
| Size | 0,75 l |
| Alcohol content | 16.5% by volume |
| Area | Veneto (Italy) |
| Grape varieties | 50% Corvinone, 20% Corvina, 20% Rondinella, 10% Oseleta |
| Aging | First year in barrique and two years in 25 hl oak barrels (a total of three years) |
- Name and alcohol content: Amarone della Valpolicella Classico DOCG 2019, 16.5% vol
- Traditional drying process: grapes placed in crates for 120 days before vinification
- Aged in wood: 1 year in barrique and 2 years in oak barrels
- Aromatic profile: morello cherry, jam, vanilla, spices and floral notes
- Serving and pairings: 18-20°C, decant for 1 hour; perfect with beef and mature cheeses
Description
What kind of wine it is
Brigaldara's Amarone della Valpolicella Classico is a still red wine with a full and elegant character. This renowned Venetian blend is made from Corvinone, Corvina, Rondinella and Oseleta grapes. On the nose, it offers clean aromas of black cherry and preserved fruit, enhanced by notes of vanilla and spices and a subtle floral touch. On the palate, it reveals a complex and velvety structure, supported by a pronounced tannic texture and a pleasant glyceric sensation, finishing with a dry and robust finale with enveloping warm sensations.
Where it comes from
This Amarone della Valpolicella originates at the entrance to the Marano valley, at around 250 metres above sea level. The vineyards are home to vines over twenty-five years old, trained using the Pergola Veronese and Guyot methods. The agronomic management is carried out with the utmost care: only the loosest and best sun-exposed bunches are selected for production. This rigorous selection in the vineyard ensures grapes with optimal characteristics, capable of precisely expressing the estate's authentic terroir of origin.
How it is produced
Manual harvesting, carried out in October, precedes the strict drying of the grapes, which rest in crates for one hundred and twenty days. The red vinification involves prolonged contact with the skins, with daily pump-overs and a délestage aimed at optimising extraction. Ageing lasts for three years: the first in small barrels and the following two in large oak casks. This process gives the wine a solid structural complexity, while preserving the integrity of its rich aromatic profile.
History and Curiosities
Born in the heart of Valpolicella, Brigaldara Amarone Classico embodies the authentic spirit of a historic family estate. Its refined elegance stems from a traditional drying process lasting 120 days, followed by three years of maturation in wood. This meticulous process gives rise to a red wine that has won numerous awards from critics, capable of releasing enticing aromas of jam and vanilla. On the palate, it offers a complex structure and a persistent finish, making it ideal for elegantly accompanying robust meat dishes and mature cheeses.
Awards
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2019
4Italian Sommelier Foundation (FIS) guide This has been one of the most prestigious wine guides in Italy for over 10 years.
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2019
94/100
James Suckling is an influential American wine critic and journalist who worked at Wine Spectator for 30 years. He left the magazine in 2010 to start his own website and guidebook (JamesSuckling.com). He specialises in Italian and Bordeaux wines.
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2019
3One of the most prestigious wine guides in Italy.
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2019
95/100
Vinous is the online guide from Antonio Galloni, one of the world's leading wine connoisseurs.
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2019
3Italian Sommelier Association (AIS) guide
Tasting notes
Perfume
Color
Taste
Serve at:
18 - 20 °C
Longevity:
10 - 15 years
Decanting time:
1 hour
- Start up year: 1979
- Oenologist: Enrico Nicolis, Marco Furia
- Bottles produced: 350.000
- Hectares: 47
A thousand years of history, one hundred and twenty hectares of property - forty-seven of which are planted with vines - distributed in three different areas of Verona: Valpolicella Classica, Valpantena and Eastern Valpolicella. A historic family, the Cesari, that has owned the villa and the surrounding land since 1928, who is committed to the enhancement of a rich and heterogeneous property. A team of young winemakers and agronomists dedicated to the study and customization of each intervention in the vineyard, to enhance the terroirs and microterroirs that make up the different souls of the wines that are here produced. Read more
| Name | Brigaldara Amarone della Valpolicella Classico 2019 |
|---|---|
| Type | Red green still |
| Denomination | Amarone della Valpolicella DOCG |
| Vintage | 2019 |
| Size | 0,75 l |
| Alcohol content | 16.5% by volume |
| Grape varieties | 50% Corvinone, 20% Corvina, 20% Rondinella, 10% Oseleta |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Veneto |
| Vendor | Brigaldara |
| Story | History and Curiosities Born in the heart of Valpolicella, Brigaldara Amarone Classico embodies the authentic spirit of a historic family estate. Its refined elegance stems from a traditional drying process lasting 120 days, followed by three years of maturation in wood. This meticulous process gives rise to a red wine that has won numerous awards from critics, capable of releasing enticing aromas of jam and vanilla. On the palate, it offers a complex structure and a persistent finish, making it ideal for elegantly accompanying robust meat dishes and mature cheeses. |
| Origin | Valpolicella, at the beginning of the Marano valley |
| Cultivation system | Pergola veronese and Guyot |
| Plants per hectare | 4.500 - 5.000 |
| Harvest | Second half of October |
| Production technique | Traditional drying of grapes in crates in a drying room for about 120 days; red vinification with prolonged skin contact, pumping over and delestage |
| Wine making | Selection of the grapes in the vineyard with traditional drying in crates in the drying room for about 120 days; red vinification with prolonged contact on the skins throughout the entire fermentation process, with two pump-overs daily and one délestage halfway through fermentation. |
| Aging | First year in barrique and two years in 25 hl oak barrels (a total of three years) |
| Year production | 350000 bottles |
| Allergens | Contains sulphites |