Description
The low temperature of the drying process allows the characteristics of this cold climate vineyard to be enhanced in the Amarone Case Vecie.
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Serve at:
18 - 20 °C.
Longevity:
10 - 15 years
Decanting time:
1 hour

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- Start up year: 1979
- Oenologist: Enrico Nicolis, Marco Furia
- Bottles produced: 350.000
- Hectares: 47
A thousand years of history, one hundred and twenty hectares of property - forty-seven of which are planted with vines - distributed in three different areas of Verona: Valpolicella Classica, Valpantena and Eastern Valpolicella. A historic family, the Cesari, that has owned the villa and the surrounding land since 1928, who is committed to the enhancement of a rich and heterogeneous property. A team of young winemakers and agronomists dedicated to the study and customization of each intervention in the vineyard, to enhance the terroirs and microterroirs that make up the different souls of the wines that are here produced. Read more


Name | Brigaldara Amarone della Valpolicella Case Vecie 2018 |
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Type | Red green still |
Denomination | Amarone della Valpolicella DOCG |
Vintage | 2018 |
Size | 0,75 l |
Alcohol content | 16.5% by volume |
Grape varieties | 40% Corvinone, 30% Corvina, 15% Rondinella |
Country | Italy |
Region | Veneto |
Vendor | Brigaldara |
Origin | San Floriano (VR) |
Climate | Altitude: 250 m. a.s.l. Easterly exposure. |
Cultivation system | Guyot |
Plants per hectare | 4000 plants/ha |
Harvest | Grapes are harvested by in the second half of October. |
Wine making | Grapes for the Amarone are selected in the vineyard and placed in crates. They are then left in the fruit drying loft and allowed to dry for several months. The wine is left in contact with the grape skins during fermentation. The wine is pumped over twice a day with delestage half way through the fermentation process. |
Aging | 2 years in barriques and 3rd year in 25 hL oak barrels. |
Allergens | Contains sulphites |