Monte del Fra - Italy

Amarone della Valpolicella

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Tasting Notes
Its color is garnet and the bouquet reminds of sour black cherries and plums preserved in alcohol, liquorice and leather. It is complex and intense, dry and velvety, full-bodied, generous and stern.

Wine Making
Depending on the vintage, it takes place from the end of February with rotary crusher and partial stripping. Fermentation takes place in small containers, max 5000 liters. The temperature is raised to 10°C and then it stabilizes at around 15°C. Very long maceration, over 40 days with 2 weekly pumping over. After decanting twice, and when the wine is clear (May/June), it is poured into new wooden barrique with small capacity (20%) and in 4000 liter barrels for some years. Bottle fining for over 8 months.

Food Affinities
Amarone is unrivalled with braised meat or roasted game, seasoned and spicy cheeses. It should be tried far from meals.

Blend
80% Corvina
20% Rondinella

Analysis
Alcohol: 15.5%

Acidity: 4.5 gr/ltr