Winery MontresorRecioto della Valpolicella
Sweet wine
This wine is a blend of 3 varietals which are the Corvina, the Molinara and the Rondinella.
This wine generally goes well with beef, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish.
Food and wine pairings with Recioto della Valpolicella
Pairings that work perfectly with Recioto della Valpolicella
Original food and wine pairings with Recioto della Valpolicella
The Recioto della Valpolicella of Winery Montresor matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish such as recipes of baeckeoffe, marmite dieppoise or lamb curry indian style.
Details and technical informations about Winery Montresor's Recioto della Valpolicella.
Discover the grape variety: Corvina
Its precise origin is unknown, it has been cultivated for a very long time in northern Italy. It can be found in Switzerland, Australia, Argentina, ... in France it is almost unknown. It should not be confused with the Corvinone, another Italian grape variety. It should be noted that the Corvina is related to the Rondinella and the Refosco dal Peduncolo rosso.
Informations about the Winery Montresor
The Winery Montresor is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 126 wines for sale in the of Recioto della Valpolicella to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Recioto della Valpolicella
The wine region of Recioto della Valpolicella is located in the region of Valpolicella of Vénétie of Italy. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Quintarelli Giuseppe or the Domaine Bertani produce mainly wines sweet, red and sparkling. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Recioto della Valpolicella are Rondinella, Corvina and Molinara, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Recioto della Valpolicella often reveals types of flavors of cherry, pepper or leather and sometimes also flavors of raspberry, cream or oaky.
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: Chaptalization
The addition of sugar at the time of fermentation of the must, an ancient practice, but theorized by Jean-Antoine Chaptal at the dawn of the 19th century. The sugar is transformed into alcohol and allows the natural degree of the wine to be raised in a weak or cold year, or - more questionably - when the winegrower has a harvest that is too large to obtain good maturity.
