| Grape varieties |
45% Corvina, 25% Rondinella, 30% Corvinone |
| Climate |
Altitude: 280 m. a.s.l. Exposure: South-East. |
| Cultivation system |
Trellised "pergola" system. |
| Harvest |
In mid-September, in small wooden boxes. Grapes are dried naturally for 4 months. |
| Vinification |
In January, the grapes are carefully selected and pressed in special truncated conical oak vats where fermentation with indigenous yeasts begins after about 15 days of maceration. Over the next 60 days, frequent pumping-over and punching-down are carried out to submerge the skins. After racking, the wine is transferred to stainless steel tanks to decant the coarse lees. After about 20 days, it is racked off and transferred to wood, where it completes its fermentation and maturation. |
| Ageing |
90 months of refinement of which: 40 months in new 2.25-hl barriques. The wine blends for a further 50 months in large 25-hl casks. Amarone Classico "Vigneto Alto" is bottled after 9 years of maturation in the cellar and remains 2 years in the bottle before marketing. |
| On offer |
Price Tommaso Bussola Amarone della Valpolicella Classico Vigneto Alto TB 2011 CHF 155.88
inc VAT
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