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.

Veneto IGT Merlot 2022 Torresella

Valpolicella Ripasso Superiore DOC I Saltari 2018 Sartori di Verona

Veneto IGT Pinot Nero 2022 Torresella

Valpolicella DOC Superiore 2021 Tedeschi

Valpolicella Superiore DOC I Saltari 2019 Sartori di Verona

Valpolicella Ripasso Superiore DOC 2021 Monte Zovo

Amarone della Valpolicella DOCG Torre del Falasco 2019 Cantina Valpantena

Valpolicella Ripasso Superiore DOC 2021 Casa Lupo

Valpolicella Classico Superiore DOC Etichetta Storica 2022 Fabiano

Veneto IGT Merlot Memŏro 4 Elementi 2022 Piccini 1882

Amarone della Valpolicella Classico Riserva DOC Bosan 2015 Cesari

Valpolicella Superiore Ripasso DOC Campo dei Ciliegi 2019 Ilatium Morini

Venezia DOC Merlot 2023 Ca' di Rajo

Amarone della Valpolicella DOP Classico Riserva Capitel Monte Olmi 2017 Tedeschi

Amarone della Valpolicella DOCG Conte Gastone 2020 Massimago

Amarone della Valpolicella Riserva DOCG 2017 Casa Lupo

Amarone della Valpolicella DOCG 2020 Casa Lupo

Veronese IGT Palazzo della Torre 2021 Allegrini