| Grape varieties |
45% Corvina, 30% Corvinone, 25% Rondinella |
| Origin |
Hills near Negrar di Valpolicella (Verona). |
| Climate |
Altitude: 280-450 m. a.s.l. Exposition: South-East and South-West. |
| Cultivation system |
Trellised "pergola" system. |
| Harvest |
The grapes for the production of the Amarone Classico Riserva 'TB' are selected in mid-September, placed in small wooden boxes and taken to the fruit cellar, where they remain for four months to dry naturally. |
| Vinification |
In January, the grapes are carefully selected, pressed, and put in truncated cone steel vats where, after about 15 days, fermentation starts with indigenous yeasts. In the following 50 days, several pumping-overs and delestage for the skins submersion are performed. The wine is then racked off and moved in a steel tank where its gross lees are decanted. After about 20 days, it is racked off again and moved to wooden barrels where fermentation and ageing are completed. |
| Ageing |
66 months of ageing, 48 months in 5 Hl new tonneaux, 18 months in 25 Hl barrel. The Amarone Classico Riserva “TB” is bottled after 8 years of ageing, and it stays 2 years in the bottle before being sold. The production amounts to about 10,000 bottles. |
| On offer |
Price Tommaso Bussola Amarone della Valpolicella Classico TB Riserva 2012 CHF 122.91
inc VAT
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