Winery Villa ConteaOpera Amarone della Valpolicella Barrique
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).
The Opera Amarone della Valpolicella Barrique of the Winery Villa Contea is in the top 40 of wines of Italy and in the top 5 of wines of Amarone della Valpolicella.
Taste structure of the Opera Amarone della Valpolicella Barrique from the Winery Villa Contea
Light | Bold | |
Smooth | Tannic | |
Dry | Sweet | |
Soft | Acidic |
In the mouth the Opera Amarone della Valpolicella Barrique of Winery Villa Contea in the region of Vénétie is a powerful mainly marked by the residual sugar.
Food and wine pairings with Opera Amarone della Valpolicella Barrique
Pairings that work perfectly with Opera Amarone della Valpolicella Barrique
Original food and wine pairings with Opera Amarone della Valpolicella Barrique
The Opera Amarone della Valpolicella Barrique of Winery Villa Contea matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of express veal stew in a pressure cooker, lamb shoulder cooked for 5 hours or rabbit with mustard in foil.
Details and technical informations about Winery Villa Contea's Opera Amarone della Valpolicella Barrique.
Discover the grape variety: Diolinoir
Intraspecific cross between robin noir and pinot noir obtained in 1970 by André Jacquinet of the Swiss Federal Research Station Agroscope Changins-Wadenswil (Switzerland).
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Opera Amarone della Valpolicella Barrique from Winery Villa Contea are 2007, 2010
Informations about the Winery Villa Contea
The Winery Villa Contea is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 64 wines for sale in the of Amarone della Valpolicella to come and discover on site or to buy online.
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: Female
Characterizes wines whose pleasantness results from elegance and finesse rather than power.
