Amarone della Valpolicella Case Vecie 2018

Description

The Amarone della Valpolicella Case Vecie is produced by Brigaldara, on the thousand-year-old estate located in Valpolicella whose first sources of purchase and sale date back to the 12th century. The birth certificate of the agricultural company was signed in 1928, with the purchase by Renzo Cesari of the complex consisting of the manor house and the vineyards that start from the foot of Mount Masua up to the first hills. In 1873, the project for the complex's renovation was drawn up by engineer Giuseppe Fraccaroli, whose design represents the current layout. In the early 2000s, Stefano, Renzo's grandson, designed and implemented a rational vineyard system to specialize individual wine-growing areas with the most suitable varieties to enhance the vineyards and the fruits of the harvest. Today, Brigaldara is synonymous with biodiversity. which, through sustainable practices, aims to preserve a territory that for a thousand years has stood out for its vocation for quality viticulture.

The Amarone della Valpolicella Case Vecie takes its name from the vineyard located in Grezzana, which, thanks to its altitude and exposure, allows for a slow and constant ripening of the grapes.  The late harvest takes place in mid-October, with the grapes being selected and harvested by hand in the vineyard and dried in crates. In the cellar, vinification takes place with constant contact of the skins with the must for the entire fermentation process, as well as two daily pumpings over and a delestage halfway through fermentation to ensure optimal color extraction. The long aging takes place for two years in small wooden barrels and then two years in large oak barrels to ensure complete evolution of the wine and achieve persistent tannins.

Details

Perfume

Aromas of jammy fruit, spices, cherries, sour cherries, hints of withering and with tobacco and cocoa undertones

Color

Garnet red.

Taste

A wine with great structure, it is complex, elegant and velvety.

Serve at:

18 - 20 °C.

Longevity:

10 - 15 years

Decanting time:

1 hour

Producer

Producer

Brigaldara

From this winery

• Start up year: 1979
• Oenologist: Enrico Nicolis, Marco Furia
• Bottles produced: 350.000
• Hectares: 47

Brigaldara is the wine chest that contains the different souls of Valpolicella. Brigaldara is a common overview, an anthology of Valpolicella - enriched by different perspectives, stories, experiences, generations.

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

Veneto

Technical Sheet

Name	Brigaldara Amarone della Valpolicella Case Vecie 2018
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. Exposure east.
Cultivation system	Guyot
Plants per hectare	4000 vines/ha
Harvest	Second half of October by hand
Wine making	Selection of grapes in the vineyard that undergo traditional drying in crates placed in fruit lofts. Red vinification ensures skin contact throughout the fermentation process and colour extraction is aided by 2 daily pumpings over and a mid-fermentation delastage.
Aging	2 years in barriques and 3rd year in 25 hl oak casks.
Allergens	Contains sulphites