Winery Giuseppe LonardiLe Arele Recioto della Valpolicella Classico
Sweet wine
This wine is a blend of 3 varietals which are the Corvina, the Corvinone and the Rondinella.
This wine generally goes well with beef, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish.
Food and wine pairings with Le Arele Recioto della Valpolicella Classico
Pairings that work perfectly with Le Arele Recioto della Valpolicella Classico
Original food and wine pairings with Le Arele Recioto della Valpolicella Classico
The Le Arele Recioto della Valpolicella Classico of Winery Giuseppe Lonardi matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish such as recipes of pork tongue with tomato sauce and pickles, wild rice salad with tuna or shrimp curry and coconut (thailand).
Details and technical informations about Winery Giuseppe Lonardi's Le Arele Recioto della Valpolicella Classico.
Discover the grape variety: Corvina
Slender, fresh reds with a clear ruby robe, fine tannins and lively acidity, showing aromas of sour cherry, bitter almond, spice and a characteristically bitter finish. Vinified as light, gulpable reds (Bardolino DOC, Valpolicella DOC), powerful and concentrated through appassimento (Amarone della Valpolicella DOCG) and sweet (Recioto della Valpolicella DOCG). An autochthonous Venetian variety from Lake Garda and the Valpolicella.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Le Arele Recioto della Valpolicella Classico from Winery Giuseppe Lonardi are 2012, 0
Informations about the Winery Giuseppe Lonardi
The Winery Giuseppe Lonardi is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 7 wines for sale in the of Recioto della Valpolicella Classico to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Recioto della Valpolicella Classico
Sweet DOCG wine from the historic heart of Valpolicella (Fumane, Marano, Negrar, Sant'Ambrogio): Corvina/Corvinone (45-95%), Rondinella (5-30%) air-dried for 140 days minimum (35-40% loss). Vinification stopped leaving ~50 g/l residual sugars — sweet velvety, fragrant red with intense cherry and marasca aromas, deep garnet robe. Fruity, ample and silky palate. Ancestral meditation wine, ideal with chocolate desserts.
The wine region of Veneto
World star of Prosecco: fresh, light Glera sparklers with notes of pear, green apple and white flowers, fruity, convivial bubbles. Veronese reds from Corvina and Rondinella: light, crisp Bardolino, fruity Valpolicella, opulent, concentrated Amarone DOCG (black cherry, chocolate, raisin) from dried grapes. Mineral, almondy Soave (Garganega) whites, fresh Pinot Grigio. 97,500 ha, Italy's largest production.
The word of the wine: Vegetative cycle
All the different phases of the vine's development: winter rest period, budburst, inflorescence, flowering, fruit set, veraison, ripening.
