Tommaso Bussola
Tommaso Bussola Amarone della Valpolicella Classico TB Riserva 2012
Other years:
2013| Denomination | Amarone della Valpolicella DOCG |
|---|---|
| Size | 0,75 l |
| Alcohol content | 17.0% by volume |
| Area | Veneto (Italy) |
| Grape varieties | 45% Corvina, 30% Corvinone, 25% Rondinella |
| Aging | 66 months of ageing, 48 months in 5 Hl new tonneaux, 18 months in 25 Hl barrel. The Amarone Classico Riserva "TB" is bottled after 8 years of ageing, and it stays 2 years in the bottle before being sold. The production amounts to about 10,000 bottles. |
| Other years | 2013 |
Awards
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2012
5Italian Sommelier Foundation (FIS) guide This has been one of the most prestigious wine guides in Italy for over 10 years.
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2012
94/100
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.
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2012
98/100
Vinous is the online guide from Antonio Galloni, one of the world's leading wine connoisseurs.
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2012
4Italian Sommelier Association (AIS) guide
Serve at:
18 - 20 °C.
Longevity:
10 - 15 years
Decanting time:
2 hours
- Start up year: 1978
- Oenologist: Paolo e Tommaso Bussola
- Bottles produced: 70.000
- Hectares: 14
From the beginning he was able to impose his will to enhance the absolute quality of the wines produced, through careful and careful practices both in the vineyard and in the cellar, so much so that he became a great interpreter, as well as a point of reference for the appellation.
With a very personal style of combining precision and elegance with the extraction richness and management of ageing woods, today, assisted by his sons Paolo and Giuseppe, he always continues to amaze, imposing himself with products of absolute and very high value. Read more
| Name | Tommaso Bussola Amarone della Valpolicella Classico TB Riserva 2012 |
|---|---|
| Type | Red green still |
| Denomination | Amarone della Valpolicella DOCG |
| Vintage | 2012 |
| Size | 0,75 l |
| Alcohol content | 17.0% by volume |
| Grape varieties | 45% Corvina, 30% Corvinone, 25% Rondinella |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Veneto |
| Vendor | Tommaso Bussola |
| Origin | Hills near Negrar di Valpolicella (Verona). |
| Climate | Altitude: 280-450 m. a.s.l. Exposition: South-East and South-West. |
| Cultivation system | Trellised "pergola" system. |
| Plants per hectare | 3,300. |
| Harvest | The grapes for the production of the Amarone Classico Riserva 'TB' are selected in mid-September, placed in small wooden boxes and taken to the fruit cellar, where they remain for four months to dry naturally. |
| Wine making | In January, the grapes are carefully selected, pressed, and put in truncated cone steel vats where, after about 15 days, fermentation starts with indigenous yeasts. In the following 50 days, several pumping-overs and delestage for the skins submersion are performed. The wine is then racked off and moved in a steel tank where its gross lees are decanted. After about 20 days, it is racked off again and moved to wooden barrels where fermentation and ageing are completed. |
| Aging | 66 months of ageing, 48 months in 5 Hl new tonneaux, 18 months in 25 Hl barrel. The Amarone Classico Riserva "TB" is bottled after 8 years of ageing, and it stays 2 years in the bottle before being sold. The production amounts to about 10,000 bottles. |
| Allergens | Contains sulphites |
