Top 100 wines of Valpolicella

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

Discovering the wine region of Valpolicella

Veronese Veneto, four styles of red around Corvina. Classic Valpolicella: fruity and light (cherry, kirsch, spice), thirst-quenching. Ripasso "re-passed" over Amarone marc: fleshier. Signature Amarone DOCG: grapes dried 120 days (appassimento), a powerful, opulent red (candied cherry, plum, chocolate), 15-16%, great ageing.

Sweet Recioto in passito. Native Corvina, Corvinone, Rondinella, Molinara.

Discover the grape variety: Sangiovese

Firm, upright reds with precise acidity and angular tannins, showing aromas of sour cherry, plum, dried herbs, leather, black tea and balsamic notes. Characteristically bitter, savoury finish. Star of Chianti Classico DOCG, Brunello di Montalcino DOCG, Vino Nobile di Montepulciano DOCG and Morellino di Scansano. Italy's most planted variety, a descendant of Ciliegiolo × Calabrese di Montenuovo.

Food and wine pairing with a wine of Valpolicella

wines from the region of Valpolicella go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef tongue in hot pickle sauce, leg of lamb cooked in yoghurt / tave kosi (albania) or duck pot au feu.

Organoleptic analysis of wine of Valpolicella

On the nose in the region of Valpolicella often reveals types of flavors of cherry, smoke or tobacco and sometimes also flavors of vanilla, coffee or black cherries. In the mouth in the region of Valpolicella is a powerful mainly marked by the residual sugar.