Winery Marchesi Fumanelli - Octavius Amarone della Valpolicella Riserva

Winery Marchesi FumanelliOctavius Amarone della Valpolicella Riserva

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 Octavius Amarone della Valpolicella Riserva of Winery Marchesi Fumanelli is a red wine from the region of Amarone della Valpolicella of Vénétie.
This wine is a blend of 2 varietals which are the Corvinone and the Rondinella.
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 Octavius Amarone della Valpolicella Riserva of the Winery Marchesi Fumanelli is in the top 20 of wines of Italy and in the top 5 of wines of Amarone della Valpolicella.

Taste structure of the Octavius Amarone della Valpolicella Riserva from the Winery Marchesi Fumanelli

Light
Bold
Smooth
Tannic
Dry
Sweet
Soft
Acidic

In the mouth the Octavius Amarone della Valpolicella Riserva of Winery Marchesi Fumanelli in the region of Vénétie is a powerful mainly marked by the residual sugar.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

On the nose the Octavius Amarone della Valpolicella Riserva of Winery Marchesi Fumanelli in the region of Vénétie often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices, red fruit or black fruit.

Details and technical informations about Winery Marchesi Fumanelli's Octavius Amarone della Valpolicella Riserva.

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

Discover the grape variety: Corvinone

It has been cultivated for a very long time in northern Italy, but in France it is hardly known. It should not be confused with corvina, another Italian grape variety that is very present in the same region, both of which are most often associated with rondinella and molinara.

Last vintages of this wine

Octavius Amarone della Valpolicella Riserva - 2012
In the top 5 of of Amarone della Valpolicella wines
Average rating: 4.611110.5
Octavius Amarone della Valpolicella Riserva - 2010
In the top 5 of of Amarone della Valpolicella wines
Average rating: 4.711110.5
Octavius Amarone della Valpolicella Riserva - 2009
In the top 5 of of Amarone della Valpolicella wines
Average rating: 4.511110.5
Octavius Amarone della Valpolicella Riserva - 2007
In the top 5 of of Amarone della Valpolicella wines
Average rating: 4.611110.5

The best vintages of Octavius Amarone della Valpolicella Riserva from Winery Marchesi Fumanelli are 2010, 2012, 2007, 2009

Informations about the Winery Marchesi Fumanelli

The winery offers 21 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 4.1.
It is in the top 3 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Amarone della Valpolicella in the region of Vénétie
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The Winery Marchesi Fumanelli is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 15 wines for sale in the of Amarone della Valpolicella to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Vénétie
In the top 25 of of Italy wines
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The wine region of Amarone della Valpolicella

The wine region of Amarone della Valpolicella is located in the region of Valpolicella of Vénétie of Italy. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Ernesto Ruffo or the Domaine Dal Forno Romano produce mainly wines red. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Amarone della Valpolicella 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 often reveals types of flavors of cherry, forest floor or nutty and sometimes also flavors of nutmeg, mulberry or walnut.


The wine region of Vénétie

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.

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The word of the wine: Polyphenols

Substance contained essentially in the skin of the grape. The main ones are anthocyanins, which give red wines their colour and tannins.

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