Top 100 wines of Valpolicella - Page 2

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: Barbera

Intense, fruity reds with a deep purple robe, supple tannins and an ample palate with characteristically very high acidity, with signature aromas of red fruits (black cherry, morello), ripe plum, spices, violet and Piedmontese balsamic notes. Star of Barbera d'Asti DOCG and Barbera d'Alba DOC, also exported to Argentina (Mendoza) and California. Italian black variety, the third most planted red grape in Italy, originating from Piedmont.

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, pasta or veal such as recipes of delicious bourguignon, pastasciutta (corsica) or turkey ballotine.

Organoleptic analysis of wine of Valpolicella

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