Cesari Amarone della Valpolicella Classico DOCG 2017

GOLD MEDAL: Mundus Vini
91 POINTS: Decanter World Wine Awards
91 POINTS: James Suckling

Sourced from the boroughs of Negrar, Marano, Sant'Ambrogio, Fumane, and San Pietro in Cariano in the historic area of Valpolicella Classico production, a blend of 75% Corvina 20% Rondinella 5% Molinara. The hand-harvested grapes are dried on racks until mid-January and the grapes lose 30-40% of their weight concentrating flavours and sugars. Maceration is carried out on contact with the skins for a period of 30 days and native yeast strains create a wine of 15% alcohol that’s aged 3 years in a combination of large Slavonian oak with 30% in small French oak casks together with a long period of rest in bottles. Perfect with rich red meat casseroles, risotto or as a ‘conversation wine’ with hard cheese. 

ABV: 15%