• Le Salette Amarone della Valpolicella Classico La Marega 2018
  • Le Salette Amarone della Valpolicella Classico La Marega 2018
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Le Salette Veneto

Le Salette

Le Salette Amarone della Valpolicella Classico La Marega 2018

Red green still

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  • Le Salette Amarone della Valpolicella Classico La Marega 2018
  • Le Salette Amarone della Valpolicella Classico La Marega 2018
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Le Salette Veneto
€53,00
€53,00
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6 bottles

€159,00

3 bottles

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Denomination Amarone della Valpolicella DOCG
Size 0,75 l
Alcohol content 15.5% by volume
Area Veneto (Italy)
Grape varieties 30% Rondinella, Corvina, Corvinone
Aging About 30 months in Slavonian oak cask (70%) and barrique (30%), followed by eight months in the bottle for the final ageing process. If well maintained, the wine can be enjoyed for 25 years.
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Awards

  • 2018

    4

    Italian Sommelier Foundation (FIS) guide This has been one of the most prestigious wine guides in Italy for over 10 years.

  • 2018

    94

    /100

    One of the most prestigious wine guides in Italy.

  • 2018

    3

    One of the most prestigious wine guides in Italy.

  • 2018

    91

    /100

    Vinous is the online guide from Antonio Galloni, one of the world's leading wine connoisseurs.

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Perfume

Perfume

The elegance of the fruit comes through, as does the chewy intensity of the drying process: leather, resin, prune, raisin and a little tobacco and licorice.

Taste

Taste

Sleek and silky, offering black cherry coulis and dried cranberry fruit notes, with silky tannins and accents of star anise, dried rosemary and sage that linger on the juicy, long finish. The mouth feel is richly textured and bold.

Serve at:

18 - 20 °C.

Longevity:

10 - 15 years

Decanting time:

1 hour

Full Bodied and Very Aged Red Wines

Producer
Le Salette
From this winery
  • Start up year: 1800
  • Oenologist: Franco Scamperle, Cesare Scamperle
  • Bottles produced: 180.000
  • Hectares: 22
Let us tell you a beautiful story that took place in the hills of a tiny village, Fumane. The story is of a grace received: it was the year 1860 and the local farmers decided to build the sanctuary of Le Salette as a votive offering to Madonna when she freed their vineyards from the scourge of phylloxera. The sanctuary is located on top of the ancient rocks, and surrounded by hills and vineyards. The vineyards below the sacred sanctuary have always been the property of the Valpolicella's "historical" winemaking family, Scamperle, who proudly produce the wine bearing Le Salette name.

Theirs too is a beautiful story, which tells about decades of faithful farming and love for the land, and, above all, a passion for making wine. Indeed, for generations the Scamperle family has dedicated itself to growing grapes, and, over the years, to gradually increasing the number of grapevines. The vineyards have grown slowly and carefully, always respecting the local technique, which is sensitive to nature and follows its rhythm to bring out the originality and characteristics of the grapes.

The enterprise, Le Salette, has never stopped developing their product, basing the essence of their life and activity, their unflagging quest, on patient research. And their goal has always been quality, a goal shared by the entire family. Today the family owns twenty cultivated hectares, situated among the most renowned places of the Valpolicella Classica DOC area: Fumane Cà Carnocchio, I Progni e Cà Melchiori, Sant'Ambrogio Conca D'Oro, and San Floriano Monte Masua. The type of grapes produced are the most classical types of the zone: Corvina, Corvinone, Rondinella, Oseleta, a small quantity of Molinara, and Croatina.

In a family business you never stop working; however, there is always time for a friend who drops in for a visit. The "Casa Scamperle" and "Le Salette" - have their doors always open: to excellence and to anyone who cares to pay them a visit. Read more
Production area: Veneto
Veneto
Le Salette

Roasted, grilled meat, game, aged cheeses (such as parmigiano or pecorino), risotto with amarone or red chicory.

Meat
Cheese
Matured cheese
Pork

Name Le Salette Amarone della Valpolicella Classico La Marega 2018
Type Red green still
Denomination Amarone della Valpolicella DOCG
Vintage 2018
Size 0,75 l
Alcohol content 15.5% by volume
Grape varieties 30% Rondinella, Corvina, Corvinone
Country Italy
Region Veneto
Vendor Le Salette
Cultivation system Guyot and Pergola.
Harvest By hand.
Wine making After a careful selection of the grapes during manual harvest, grapes are naturally dried for approximately four months. By the time grapes are ready to be pressed, they have lost 50% of their original weight. Five kilograms of fresh grapes goes into production of one liter of Amarone.
Aging About 30 months in Slavonian oak cask (70%) and barrique (30%), followed by eight months in the bottle for the final ageing process. If well maintained, the wine can be enjoyed for 25 years.
Allergens Contains sulphites