Corte Volponi Amarone Classico

The winery was set up by the Zenato family who decided to expand their expertise from Lugana in Northern Italy to the neighbouring area of Valpolicella.

The Corte Volponi vineyards are located in Negrar, a small village in the heart of the Valpolicella Classico Region, in the western part of Veneto, between the city of Verona and Garda Lake.

Blend: 40% Corvinone, 35% Corvina, 20% Rondinella, 5% Oseleta

Corte Volponi follows the traditional winemaking process, which respects the tradition and history of Amarone. Only the best grapes are carefully picked by hand, in the last week of September. After that, they go through the drying process – appassimento – for a remarkable 100 – 120 days. The juice is fermented for a whole month, in stainless steel tanks at a controlled temperature of 24- 26° C. During fermentation, the wine stays in contact with the grape skins for three weeks. This is a rather long period, and is quite typical for Italy’s best “big” wines.

50% of the newly made wine spends the next two years in French oak barriques, gaining sweet and spicy notes. The remaining 50% is aged in large Slavonian casks, so that the wine is not overly oaky.

Dark and very powerful, the Corte Volponi Amarone Classico opens with juicy flavours of blackberry, frutti di bosco, and spicy notes of cinnamon and dark chocolate. But it soon shows its dark side, with steely and bitter notes of a dark Alpine forest: cedar wood, dry thyme and juniper berry. It leads to a long finish of chocolate brownie and dark roast espresso.