Amarone classico Riserva 2011 - 17% vol. Quintarelli Winery

Description: 
Intense and dense garnet red colour with orange reflections. Rich and very intense bouquet with notes of black cherry under spirits, sweet spices, berry jam, hints of leather, cocoa and coffee. The palate is deep, very broad, robust, concentrated and impeccably elegant. 

Grape variety: 
Corvina 55%, Corvinone 30%, Rondinella 15% - Amarone della Valpolicella DOC. 

Production area: 
Vallata di Negrar, in Veneto, in the province of Verona, with a total of twelve hectares of vines planted with the main autochthonous grape varieties of the area, such as Corvina, Corvinone, Rondinella and Molinara. 

Vinification: 
After the manual harvest, the grapes are rigorously selected and taken to the drying floor, where the long drying phase takes place, during which the berries dry up and noble rot develops. After drying, the grapes are gently pressed and the must thus obtained undergoes spontaneous alcoholic fermentation, with maceration on the skins for about three weeks. The entire fermentation phase lasts 45 days and the wine is then transferred to large Slavonian oak barrels for the very long ageing process of 7 years. 

Food pairing: 
Pairs well with blue cheese, mature cheese, game, braised red meat, mushroom risotto. 

Serving temperature: 
16 - 18°C. 

Ageing potential: 
more than 20 years. 

Bottle size: 
750 ml - 75 cl - 0,75 lt. 

Allergens: 
wine can contain sulphites. 

Producer: 
Quintarelli Winery 
For years, the name of Giuseppe Quintarelli has been an undisputed guiding light on the Valpolicella stage, representing as only he is capable of the deepest and most true quintessence of a territory that is now rightly recognized as one of the most prestigious of Italian viticulture, able to offer simply extraordinary wines, as others do not meet. In the Negrar valley, in Veneto, in the province of Verona, there are twelve hectares of vines in total, where the most important indigenous varieties of the place meet, such as corvina, corvinone, rondinella and molinara, which each season give rise to an average of about 50 thousand bottles a year. 

Azienda agricola Quintarelli 
Via Cerè 1 
IT - 37024 Negrar (VR) 
vini@giuseppequintarelli.it