Top 100 wines of Amarone della Valpolicella

Discover the top 100 best wines of Amarone della Valpolicella of Valpolicella as well as the best winemakers in the region. Explore the varietals of the wines that are popular of Amarone della Valpolicella and the best vintages to taste in this region.

Discovering the wine region of Amarone della Valpolicella

The wine region of Amarone della Valpolicella is located in the region of Valpolicella of Vénétie of Italy. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Ernesto Ruffo or the Domaine Dal Forno Romano produce mainly wines red. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Amarone della Valpolicella are Rondinella, Corvina and Molinara, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Amarone della Valpolicella often reveals types of flavors of cherry, forest floor or nutty and sometimes also flavors of nutmeg, mulberry or walnut.

In the mouth of Amarone della Valpolicella is a powerful mainly marked by the residual sugar. We currently count 549 estates and châteaux in the of Amarone della Valpolicella, producing 751 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Amarone della Valpolicella go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison).

Discover the grape variety: Oseleta

A very old grape variety grown in Italy that almost disappeared because it is a small producer. In France, it is almost unknown. Oseleta is said to be related to corvina, rondinella, garganega, etc. It should not be confused, on the one hand, with the table grape osella - an interspecific cross of German origin - and, on the other hand, with osel(l)a another Italian wine grape variety.

Food and wine pairing with a wine of Amarone della Valpolicella

wines from the region of Amarone della Valpolicella go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of fillet of beef with morels, lamb delight with tomato and cinnamon or fillet of venison.

Organoleptic analysis of wine of Amarone della Valpolicella

On the nose in the region of Amarone della Valpolicella often reveals types of flavors of cherry, blueberry or graphite and sometimes also flavors of tomato leaf, anise or thyme. In the mouth in the region of Amarone della Valpolicella is a powerful mainly marked by the residual sugar.

News from the vineyard of Amarone della Valpolicella

Decanter World Wine Awards winners available at Marks & Spencer

Marks & Spencer is no stranger to achieving top scores at the Decanter World Wine Awards (DWWA), and to celebrate its results the leading retailer has selected its favourite award-winning wines from this year’s awards, for customers to purchase exclusively on marksandspencer.com. Customers can choose from a carefully selected mix of six delicious winter-warming reds; an irresistible mix of crisp, refreshing, complex white wines from the Old and New World; a mix of both red and white wi ...

North Italy suffers over 100 days of drought

Springtime brings the so-called ‘Caldaia di Maggio’ to Barolo, a noise similar to a kettle simmering that is caused by evaporating water in the soils. This year, however, it’s unlikely that this phenomenon will occur. Drought is affecting the entire north of Italy; predominantly the Langhe but also Valpolicella and Franciacorta. Not even Tuscany is spared. The vineyards are lacking the reserves of water that their soils usually contain at this time of year. Winter passed without snow in almost a ...

Platinum: The 97 point wines of DWWA 2022

The largest-ever year for entries, an incredible 18,244 wines were judged at the 2022 Decanter World Wine Awards – with just 163 wines awarded a Platinum medal. ‘Winning a Platinum medal is something really exceptional’ said Decanter World Wine Awards Co-Chair Sarah Jane Evans MW. ‘Platinum is like the stratospheric level’ she commented, ‘so it’s really saying to the winemaker: this is a great wine.’ Making up just 0.87% of the total wines tasted at the 2022 c ...