Clementi
Clementi Amarone della Valpolicella Classico 2011
| Denomination | Amarone della Valpolicella DOCG |
|---|---|
| Size | 0,75 l |
| Alcohol content | 16.5% by volume |
| Area | Veneto (Italy) |
| Grape varieties | 30% Rondinella, 5% Molinara, Corvina, Corvinone |
| Aging | In French oak barrels of 30hl for at least 3 years. It is then decanted four times without filtering, and finally put in oak barrels for at least 36 months. Bottled after 4/5 years. |
Awards
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2011
93/100
James Suckling is an influential American wine critic and journalist who worked at Wine Spectator for 30 years. He left the magazine in 2010 to start his own website and guidebook (JamesSuckling.com). He specialises in Italian and Bordeaux wines.
Perfume
Color
Serve at:
18 - 20 °C.
Longevity:
10 - 15 years
Decanting time:
1 hour
Since 1640, some districts and some localities have been found, referred to in ancient documents, as follows such as the Pozze, Perlè, Laghi, Perlar, Masua, Le Quare, Paverno, Case soto al bosco, and of course Gnirega.
The manor house, located at 300 mt. altitude (it is mentioned in 1652 - owner was Bernardino Gherardini), was then built in the early 1600s and then expanded into its current form - twenty rooms, a large barn and a cellar - presumably in the mid-nineteenth century, as evidenced by the contours of tuff doors and windows, and some nineteenth-century frescoes inside the house.
The house in Gnirega is always open to children, relatives, guests and friends who find a warm welcome and "bread, salami and wine".
In the small basement cellar at the back of the house has always produced wine in small quantities, but in large barrels of carved wood. And it is in this cellar that Pietro Clementi, lawyer, practiced to produce wine from 1970 to 2004. Read more
| Name | Clementi Amarone della Valpolicella Classico 2011 |
|---|---|
| Type | Red still |
| Denomination | Amarone della Valpolicella DOCG |
| Vintage | 2011 |
| Size | 0,75 l |
| Alcohol content | 16.5% by volume |
| Grape varieties | 30% Rondinella, 5% Molinara, Corvina, Corvinone |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Veneto |
| Vendor | Clementi |
| Origin | Marano di Valpolicella (VR) |
| Harvest | The best grapes of the season, selected and harvested by hand in September, are put to dry in small wood boxes, plateaux, for 3/4 months to increase the percentage of aromatic and phenolic compounds. |
| Wine making | Pumping over is carried out twice a day, and delastage is carried out once half way through the fermentation process. They are then pressed and put in stainless steel tanks, where the must undergoes a fermentation for 2 weeks approximately. |
| Aging | In French oak barrels of 30hl for at least 3 years. It is then decanted four times without filtering, and finally put in oak barrels for at least 36 months. Bottled after 4/5 years. |
| Total acidity | 5.1 gr/L |
| Residual sugar | 0.6 gr/L |
| Allergens | Contains sulphites |
