Wines

Amarone della Valpolicella Docg Riserva

Amarone Riserva is a wine that interprets the Valpolicella region respecting timings and techniques. The grapes are selected from the best vineyards of the winery to synthesize and express the maximum potential of our land. The drying of the grapes is characterized by the seasonal post-harvest trend. A very elegant wine that expresses a neat balance between fruit and pulp, characterized by deep and complex tertiary notes.

Technical sheets

Grape variety
Corvina 55%, Corvinone 25%, Rondinella 20%

Vineyard
Grapes are selected from Brigaldara’s best vineyards

Training system
Guyot and Pergola Veronese

Planted area 21 ha

Harvest
The grapes are hand-harvested during the second half of September

Winemaking
During fermentation, the wine is always in contact with the grape skins. It is pumped over twice a day with a delestage half way through fermentation, favouring colour extraction.

Aging
3 years in small wooden barrels and 2 years in large wooden barrels

pH 3.41

Dry extract 35.4 g/L

Sugar residue 0.7 g/L

Alcohol content 16%

Tasting notes
Deep ruby. Intense aromas of dark cherry and plum are complicated by cocoa and coffee. Enters rich and fruity, then more floral, finishing long with a refined but very dense, tactile mouthfeel. It is a wine of great structure. Complex, elegant and velvety.