Amarone Della Valpolicella Classico Riserva 2009 - Giuseppe Quintarelli

• Winery: Quintarelli Giusep
• Vintage : 2009
• Denomination: DOCG Amarone della Valpolicella Classico RIserva
• Grapes: Corvina 55%, Rondinella 25%, Cabernet Sauvignon 15%, Nebbiolo, Croatina and Sangiovese for the remaining 5%
• Serving temperature : 18-20 ° C
• Alcohol volume : 17%
• Format : 0.75 L
• Moment to taste it: Important dinners
• Pairings: Red meats, game and aged cheeses
• Blowup Rating : 10/10

Description

The Amarone della Valpolicella Classico Riserva 2009 from the Giuseppe Quintarelli winery is a red wine born in Negrar, in the heart of Valpolicella in Veneto. This wine is a real piece of Amarone history. It is capable of rising and enjoying bottle aging like few others.

Tasting Notes

Amarone della Valpolicella Classico Riserva 2009 has a deep pomegranate red color and to the nose it gives an intense aroma of licorice, cocoa, vanilla that blends with the ripe fruity notes of cherry and plum. The taste is full, intense, of refined elegance and with a remarkable persistence.

Amarone della Valpolicella is an excellent wine to be served during important dinners in combination with roasts, aged cheeses and game.

Processing

The grapes are carefully selected at the time of harvest and then set aside in wooden boxes and on racks. The arrangement of the grapes at rest is very important so that the drying takes place in a natural way. At the end of November, the first signs of noble rot appear, which subsequently develop. After pressing and maceration, alcoholic fermentation on indigenous yeasts begins. Fermentation is very slow and lasts 45 days. Finally, Amarone della Valpolicella 2009 ages for 7 years in Slavonian oak barrels. In this way a wine of extraordinary structure and complexity is obtained.

The cantin

The Giuseppe Quintarelli company, which has always been a pillar of Valpolicella, has been carrying on tradition and quality since the early 1900s. Respect for nature and strict selection of grapes are the strong point of Quintarelli's labels. Its wines are designed for a very long aging and characterized by great vitality. The winery is located in the province of Verona in the municipality of Negrar. Twelve hectares where the most important autochthonous grape varieties meet and give life to extraordinary labels.