Winery Corte CasternaAmarone della Valpolicella Classico
Red wine
In the mouth this red wine is a powerful mainly marked by the residual sugar.
This wine generally goes well with blue cheese, beef or game (deer, venison).
Taste structure of the Amarone della Valpolicella Classico from the Winery Corte Casterna
Light | Bold | |
Smooth | Tannic | |
Dry | Sweet | |
Soft | Acidic |
In the mouth the Amarone della Valpolicella Classico of Winery Corte Casterna in the region of Veneto is a powerful mainly marked by the residual sugar.
Food and wine pairings with Amarone della Valpolicella Classico
Pairings that work perfectly with Amarone della Valpolicella Classico
Original food and wine pairings with Amarone della Valpolicella Classico
The Amarone della Valpolicella Classico of Winery Corte Casterna matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of kafta bil saniyeh (lebanese dish), leg of lamb with baked potatoes or duck breast in a crust.
Details and technical informations about Winery Corte Casterna's Amarone della Valpolicella Classico.
Discover the grape variety: Roussanne
Roussane is a white grape variety, planted on an area of more than 700 ha. Originally from Montélimar, it is also found in Savoie, Languedoc and Roussillon, and grows very well in calcareous, poor, stony soil. It prefers to be pruned short. Roussane is also called fromenteau, barbin or bergeron. The young leaves are bubbled with fine down. When adult, they become thicker. It flowers in June and matures in mid-September. The grapes are cylindrical in shape, the berries are small and turn red when ripe, and the wine produced from pure Roussane is of extraordinary quality. It has a delicate aroma reminiscent of coffee, honeysuckle, iris and peony. The taste of this wine improves with age. It is part of the blend of the appellations Vin-de-Savoie, Côtes-du-Vallée du Rhône or Châteauneuf-du-Pape.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Amarone della Valpolicella Classico from Winery Corte Casterna are 0, 2008, 2009
Informations about the Winery Corte Casterna
The Winery Corte Casterna is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 8 wines for sale in the of Amarone della Valpolicella Classico to come and discover on site or to buy online.
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.
The wine region of Veneto
Veneto is an important and growing wine region in northeastern Italy. Veneto is administratively Part of the Triveneto area, aLong with its smaller neighbors, Trentino-Alto Adige and Friuli-Venezia Giulia. In terms of geography, culture and wine styles, it represents a transition from the Alpine and Germanic-Slavic end of Italy to the warmer, drier, more Roman lands to the South. Veneto is slightly smaller than the other major Italian wine regions - Piedmont, Tuscany, Lombardy, Puglia and Sicily - but it produces more wine than any of them.
The word of the wine: Water stress
Lack of water. Water stress blocks the vegetative cycle of the vine, which uses all available resources to maintain the integrity of the plant, thus blocking the ripening process of the grapes.
