Le Calendre - Amarone della Valpolicella

Keywords :  Powerful / Complex / Intense

The wine : Are you a lover of powerful and complex wines? Amarone is made for you! This great wine, which is certainly among the elite of Italian wines, offers incredible richness and complexity to the taster. The  harvested grapes are left here on straw mats for about a hundred days (appassimento). This results in an average water loss of 40% in the berries, creating aromas of incredible intensity. Upon opening, it is a true festival: candied fruits (blackcurrant, blackberry, cherry), heady spices (clove, cinnamon, pepper), tobacco, chocolate, fig, etc. A bottle of very high quality that should be decanted upon opening and will be enjoyed with red meats or game. Of course, a very long aging potential is also possible. Cheers!

Volume : 75cl

Type : Red wine

Alcohol content : 15%

Grape varieties : 70% Corvina & Corvinone, 25% Rondinella and 5% Molinara

DOCG : Amarone della Valpolicella (Veneto, Italy)

Aging potential : Ready to drink now and can be cellared until 2038

Serving temperature : 16-18°C

The estate : The estate Le Calendre is a family-run estate with 4 hectares located in the commune of  San Pietro in Cariano, north of Verona and in the heart of the Valpolicella Classico DOC. Here, the vines are cultivated using a pergola system that gives the grapes more light and wind, thus promoting ripeness and helping to prevent certain diseases. At the estate, all work is done by hand and every detail matters, from the care given to the vines throughout the year to the precision of every gesture during vinification. Although not officially certified, the cultivation methods and winemaking techniques used are similar to organic farming. Discover this small estate producing wines of great finesse, proudly representing the region and  its grape varieties: Corvina, Corvinone, Rondinella, and Molinara.