Antiche Terre Venete - Amarone della Valpolicella 2016
Price: $29.25
Sale Price: $25.99
| Producer | Antiche Terre Venete |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Veneto |
| Subregion | Valpolicella |
| Varietal | Corvina |
| Vintage | 2016 |
| Sku | 01752 |
Antiche Terre Venete Description
ABOUT US: Antiche Terre Venete is the result of an encounter, or rather, a friendship. The desire to create something by hand of the fruits from the beautiful Valpantena, the lesser known, but equally rich and generous as its neighbor, Valpolicella. It is in Valpantena, in the Sezano area very close to Verona, that the winery Antiche Terre Venete is located, embraced by the natural wide valley surrounded by terracing covered with vineyards. With a production of about 1.6 million bottles a year of Ripasso, Amarone and Valpolicella, Antiche Terre Venete has become an ambassador of the Veronese winemaking traditions and expertise.
LOVE FOR THE LAND: The love for the art of winemaking, the fusion of tradition and innovation; deeply rooted in the rich soil of Valpantena, extending upwards like tendrils. These are the core values that characterize Antiche Terre Venete – our passion for wine and the continuous search for quality.
PRODUCTION PROCESS: The Amarone is a noble wine produced from just the best bunches, collected by hand and placed in cassette for 3 to 4 months to go through the process of the so called “appassimento” withering or drying of the grapes. This process concentrates the sugar content from 25% to 30% and enables other natural chemical processes to take place inside the drying berries. The dried grapes are then turned into thick must composed by the skin and the juice and fermented slowly for about 15 to 20 days. The wine is then separated and placed in stainless steel tanks, where the malolectic fermentation is completed. After this process the wine is then placed in small oak barrels to mature for 12 to 18 months.
COLOR: Intense, deep garnet red.
NOSE: Spicy of plum and cherry with a hint of raspberry.
TASTE: Soft, velvety, full bodied with a slight aromatic lingering aftertaste.
FOOD MATCHING: Excellent with most red and grilled meat, game or with hard texture mature cheese.
Wine Spectator: 91 Points
A rich red, with creamy tannins and juicy acidity, showing an expressive range of fig cake, sun-dried black cherry, coffee liqueur, dried thyme and smoke flavors. A balanced crowd-pleaser. Drink now through 2027. Tasted twice, with consistent notes.
— AN
