Corte Bravi – Amarone della Valpolicella DOCG Classico 2016

Description

Amarone della Valpolicella DOCG Classico 2016 is a red wine from Corte Bravi Winery born from a blend of three grapes from their respective vines: Corvinone, Corvina and Molinara Rossa.

LOCATION: Gargagnago, Sant’Ambrogio di Valpolicella (VR)
GRAPES VARIETY: 45% Corvinone, 40% Corvina, 15% Molinara Rossa
TRAINING SYSTEM: Pergola Veronese, with organic method
SOIL TYPE: mainly calcareous
AGING: in oak barrels
VINIFICATION: Hand-picked red grapes, selected in the vineyard to be left to dry for three months in wooden boxes. Once pressed, they are cold macerated for ten days, and then spontaneously start fermentation with indigenous yeasts. This is followed by a second hot maceration in order to extract the essence of these grapes to the maximum. Left to rest for three years in French oak barrels, it is then bottled without filtration in order to continue its refinement in the bottle
FERMENTATION: spontaneous with indigenous yeasts
FILTRATION: none
TOTAL SULPHITES IN THE BOTTLE: less than 50 mg / l
FORMAT: 0.75 l
IDEAL COMBINATION: excellent for an important dinner, to be combined with fine red meats, or at the end of the evening, with a platter of aged cheeses
SERVE AT: 18 ° C
ORGANOLEPTIC DESCRIPTION: ruby ​​red color with garnet reflections, the nose of dried plums and cherries in alcohol enveloped in the aroma of spices and chocolate. In the mouth the aromas are reflected and the tannin envelops them, extending their persistence
WINERY: Corte Bravi