Top 100 wines of Amarone della Valpolicella Classico

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

Discovering the wine region of Amarone della Valpolicella Classico

The wine region of Amarone della Valpolicella Classico is located in the region of Amarone della Valpolicella of Vénétie of Italy. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Quintarelli Giuseppe or the Domaine Zýmē produce mainly wines red. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Amarone della Valpolicella Classico 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 Classico often reveals types of flavors of cherry, celery or baking spice and sometimes also flavors of espresso, black licorice or molasses.

In the mouth of Amarone della Valpolicella Classico is a powerful mainly marked by the residual sugar. We currently count 361 estates and châteaux in the of Amarone della Valpolicella Classico, producing 550 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Amarone della Valpolicella Classico go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison).

Discover the grape variety: Corvinone

It has been cultivated for a very long time in northern Italy, but in France it is hardly known. It should not be confused with corvina, another Italian grape variety that is very present in the same region, both of which are most often associated with rondinella and molinara.

Food and wine pairing with a wine of Amarone della Valpolicella Classico

wines from the region of Amarone della Valpolicella Classico go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef tagliata with truffle oil, lamb tagine with vegetables and sweet potatoes or provençal tart with rabbit.

Organoleptic analysis of wine of Amarone della Valpolicella Classico

On the nose in the region of Amarone della Valpolicella Classico often reveals types of flavors of iron, black raspberry or baking spice and sometimes also flavors of espresso, black licorice or molasses. In the mouth in the region of Amarone della Valpolicella Classico is a powerful mainly marked by the residual sugar.

News from the vineyard of Amarone della Valpolicella Classico

Courvoisier Mizunara: the launch of a collaborative Cognac

Described by Courvoisier as ‘daring’, ‘visionary’ and ‘a first-of-its-kind collaboration’, Courvoisier Mizunara was created by the house’s recently-retired maître de chai, Patrice Pinet, and Shinji Fukuyo, chief blender of Japanese whisky maker Suntory. The project dates back to 2015, when the president of Suntory visited Courvoisier at Jarnac shortly after Suntory took over Beam Global, the Cognac house’s then owner, in a deal worth US$16bn. Pinet expressed an interest in experimenting with miz ...

Resolution in Valencian wine region border conflict

‘Por fin se ha hecho justicia.’ (Finally, justice has been served) This strongly-worded statement was made by the Denomination of Origin Utiel-Requena in Spain’s Autonomous Region of Valencia as part of a press announcement in July. It refers to a Spanish Supreme Court ruling that was fully ratified at the end of September, closing a decade-long conflict between the region’s three DOs that pitted Valencia against Utiel-Requena and Alicante. The latter two had demanded that grapes fro ...

Walls’ hidden gems: Domaine La Ferme St-Martin, Beaumes de Venise

Onwards, upwards. The roads get narrower, the corners get tighter. I step out of the car when I finally reach the winery and the air is so much fresher here. I go to take a sip from my water bottle and a gust of wind makes it whistle. I stand with Thomas Jullien and we look over the vineyards. It’s not yet spring, and the vines look little more than sticks. ‘It’s a lunar landscape at the moment,’ he says, as a friend’s flock of 300 sheep has just passed through to graze on every scrap of green b ...

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