Winery Guerrieri Rizzardi - Calcarole Amarone della Valpolicella Classico

Winery Guerrieri RizzardiCalcarole Amarone della Valpolicella Classico

4.6
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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters consider this wine to be one of the best in the world.
The Calcarole Amarone della Valpolicella Classico of Winery Guerrieri Rizzardi is a red wine from the region of Amarone della Valpolicella Classico of Veneto.
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).
The Calcarole Amarone della Valpolicella Classico of the Winery Guerrieri Rizzardi is in the top 50 of wines of Italy and in the top 20 of wines of Amarone della Valpolicella Classico.

Taste structure of the Calcarole Amarone della Valpolicella Classico from the Winery Guerrieri Rizzardi

Light
Bold
Smooth
Tannic
Dry
Sweet
Soft
Acidic

In the mouth the Calcarole Amarone della Valpolicella Classico of Winery Guerrieri Rizzardi in the region of Veneto is a powerful mainly marked by the residual sugar.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

On the nose the Calcarole Amarone della Valpolicella Classico of Winery Guerrieri Rizzardi in the region of Veneto often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of vegetal, oak or tree fruit.

Details and technical informations about Winery Guerrieri Rizzardi's Calcarole Amarone della Valpolicella Classico.

Winemaker
Giuseppe Rizzardi
Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Country
Style of wine
Alcohol
16.5°
Allergens
Contains sulfites

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.

Last vintages of this wine

Calcarole Amarone della Valpolicella Classico - 2013
In the top 20 of of Amarone della Valpolicella Classico wines
Average rating: 4.511110.5
Calcarole Amarone della Valpolicella Classico - 2011
In the top 20 of of Amarone della Valpolicella Classico wines
Average rating: 4.511110.5
Calcarole Amarone della Valpolicella Classico - 2009
In the top 20 of of Amarone della Valpolicella Classico wines
Average rating: 4.611110.5
Calcarole Amarone della Valpolicella Classico - 2008
In the top 20 of of Amarone della Valpolicella Classico wines
Average rating: 4.611110.5
Calcarole Amarone della Valpolicella Classico - 2007
In the top 20 of of Amarone della Valpolicella Classico wines
Average rating: 4.611110.5
Calcarole Amarone della Valpolicella Classico - 2006
In the top 20 of of Amarone della Valpolicella Classico wines
Average rating: 4.611110.5
Calcarole Amarone della Valpolicella Classico - 2005
In the top 20 of of Amarone della Valpolicella Classico wines
Average rating: 4.411110

The best vintages of Calcarole Amarone della Valpolicella Classico from Winery Guerrieri Rizzardi are 2000, 2003, 2009, 2008 and 2007.

Informations about the Winery Guerrieri Rizzardi

The winery offers 40 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
It is in the top 3 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Amarone della Valpolicella Classico in the region of Veneto
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The Winery Guerrieri Rizzardi is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 39 wines for sale in the of Amarone della Valpolicella Classico to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Veneto
In the top 60 of of Italy wines
In the top 30 of of Amarone della Valpolicella Classico wines
In the top 450 of red wines
In the top 500 wines of the world

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: Muscat blanc à petits grains

A white grape variety cultivated since antiquity on the shores of the Mediterranean, it is considered the noblest of the muscats. It is mainly used to make sweet wines, often from mutage. In France, it is the sole variety used in many natural sweet wines: muscat-de-frontignan, muscat-de-mireval, muscat-de-lunel, muscat-de-saint-jean-de-minervois, muscat-de-beaumes-de-venise, muscat-du-cap-corse. Combined with Muscat d'Alexandrie, it gives Muscat-de-Rivesaltes. It is also used to make sparkling white wines (clairette-de-die; moscato d'asti and asti spumante in Italy) and dry wines (alsace-muscat). Powerfully aromatic and complex, its wines evoke fresh grapes, roses, exotic fruits, citrus fruits and spices.

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