Fieramonte

Amarone della Valpolicella Classico Riserva D.O.C.G.

Appassimento

Naturally dried for 3-4 months in the drying facility. The grapes lose 40-45% of their original weight

Winemaking

The grapes are harvested by hand and carefully selected. After overripening in the drying facility, they are destemmed in January and subjected to soft pressing. The wine matures for 48 months in French oak barriques, followed by blending for 6 months in large Slavonian oak barrels and ageing in the bottle for about a year

Variety

Corvina Veronese 45%
Corvinone 45%
Rondinella 5%
Oseleta 5%

Harvest

Manual harvesting of selected bunches carried out in the second ten days of September

  • 2011 96pt

  • 2011 98pt
    2012 98pt
    wine of the year
    2015 100pt
    2016 100pt

Characteristics

  • Alcohol content: 16.77% Vol
  • Total acidity 6.30 g/l
  • Residual sugar  3.6 g/l
  • Dry extract 41.3 g/l
  • pH 3.50
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Fieramonte tells the story of Valpolicella and its most important traditions, underpinned by a combination of values firmly based on an upper hillside vineyard with slopes that face south, and on the stubbornness of man who has always reaped the best from those lands. Giovanni Allegrini, the Company’s founder, was proud of it, precisely for its upper hillside location and its fortunate exposure to the east, where the ripening of the grapes is very balanced. As he loved to say: the morning sun, driving away the shadows of the night, awakens nature and gently caresses the bunches.

Tasting notes

Particularly intense and compact ruby red in colour, this Amarone opens on the nose with a dominant, broad and toasted scent of coffee and tobacco. On the palate, it impresses with its imposing structure. The tannins are centre stage but not aggressive on the palate, accompanied by a fresh and vital acidity that lengthens and streamlines the mouthfeel.