“Riserva del Fondatore” Amarone della Valpolicella DOCG Classico Riserva 2012

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“Riserva del Fondatore” 
Amarone della Valpolicella DOCG Classico
Riserva 2012

Amarone is today one of the great Italian wines that from the first evidence finds its origins after the Second World War, so called because it brings us back to the "bitter" taste, in fact, it is said that the name distinguishes it from the sweet "Recioto from which it seems to derive like a "recioto scapà" thanks to the lucky discovery of a barrel of recioto forgotten in the cellar, drawing the Recioto Amaro from the stem, it came out in an enthusiastic exclamation: "This is not an Amaro, it's an Amarone". The "Riserva del Fondatore" it is an amarone more than ever linked to tradition and the territory, it is produced only every 10 years with an aging of at least 8 years in 20/25 hl Slavonian oak barrels.

Characteristics:


Denomination: DOCG Amarone della Valpolicella Classico Riserva

 

First harvest: 2003

 

Grapes: 35% Corvina 30% Corvinone 25% Rondinella 10% Molinara

 

Training system: Pergola Veronese and Guyot


Plant density: From 3,000 vines/ha for older plants to 6,000/6,600 vines/ha for more recent plants.

 

Harvest: Strictly by hand

 

Drying: the bunches left to dry naturally in the fruit cellar, from the beginning of October until the third ten days of January, were periodically checked and, at the end of the process, had a decrease in volume of about 30%, appearing extremely healthy and free of mold or rot.


Vinification: Pressing and destemming of the grapes and subsequent fermentation in steel, with maceration of about 60 days and numerous interventions of pumping over the musts. Subsequent natural malolactic fermentation in steel completed in early summer 2013.


Aging: From June 2013 the wine was placed in 25 hl Slavonian oak barrels, and there it spent an aging period of about 8 years, to then be destined for the preparatory stages of bottling and its marketing


Food pairings: Food pairings: In the typical cuisine we find it as the main ingredient in "Risotto all'Amarone" or in combination with game steaks of great structure and mature cheeses.


Alcohol content: 17% vol.


Number of bottles produced: 3100 bottles of 0.75 lt

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