Amarone della Valpolicella Classico La Marega 2018

Description

Still red, Amarone della Valpolicella Classico DOCG, 15.5% ABV, produced by Le Salette. Blend: 30% Rondinella, Corvina, Corvinone. 0.75 L bottle, 2018 vintage. An Amarone made on the hills of Fumane, from grapes carefully dried to enhance the elegance of the fruit and the intensity of the drying process. The elegance of the fruit dominates, as does the intensity of the drying process: leather, resin, prune, raisins, and a hint of tobacco and licorice. Elegant and silky, it offers black cherry coulis and notes of dried blueberry, with silky tannins, dried rosemary, and sage that linger on the long, persistent finish.

Details

Perfume

The elegance of the fruit is predominant, as is the intensity of the drying process: leather, resin, prune, sultana and a little tobacco and liquorice.

Taste

Elegant and silky, offering black cherry coulis and dried blueberry fruit notes, with silky tannins, dried rosemary and sage lingering on the long, lingering finish.

Serve at:

18 - 20 °C.

Longevity:

10 - 15 years

Decanting time:

1 hour

Producer

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

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Technical Sheet

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
Origin	La Marega, located in Fumane, Valpolicella Classica
Cultivation system	Pergola and Guyot
Harvest	Manual
Wine making	Manual selection of the best bunches from the end of September to mid-October. Natural drying for about 4 months in fruit lofts under optimal conditions of temperature, humidity and ventilation. During these months the grapes lose about 50% of their initial weight with a considerable increase in sugars.
Aging	Approximately 30 months in Slavonian oak barrels (70%) and barriques (30%), followed by 8 months of bottle ageing.
Allergens	Contains sulphites