Amarone Della Valpolicella 2016 red (pack of 6). Bottle price €42.50

This Amarone wine is obtained by drying the grapes on bamboo mats for about 4 months after harvest. This is a very delicate process and explains why Amarone wine can never be cheap because the volume has shrunk considerably in those 4 months.

After the grapes have been sufficiently dried, they are pressed sometime in January and the juice with the skins ferments for up to 40 days. Then 30 months in wooden barrels and the wine matures in the bottle for at least 14 months. This special way of preparing wine automatically results in a very special wine, known all over the world.

Result:
Intense ruby ​​red in color. The nose of this complex wine opens with a juicy marasca cherry (seems to only thrive in Croatia) and a balsamic note. But these are the words of the producer, to my knowledge I have never tasted such a special cherry; seems to have become known in a processed form in maraschino drink.

Turn the glass and discover the hints of warm spices, vanilla and coffee. Powerful in structure, with clear and soft tannins, light notes of flint, coffee, chocolate and tobacco, with a long raisin aftertaste, so pleasant sweet notes.

Alcohol percentage 16% (seat belts on) and can be stored very well, but if the above description has been received well by you, this recommendation will certainly be in doubt.
Both the Ripasso Superiore and the Amarone are wines that you drink with your loved one in a romantic atmosphere, but especially with friends because of the number of “Ooh's” and “Tjeeeh's” that will be produced.

Price per bottle € 42.50 (that's the first “Tjee”) and packed in boxes of 6

Below more about the winemaker and his background:

Villa Verità, Azienda Agricola Domenico Fraccaroli.

A family business in Verona that makes special wines. Not a large range, but very typical for the subsurface of limestone and volcanic rock. Domenico Fraccaroli was founded in 1958 by grandfather Domenico Fraccaroli in Paradiso di Pocenia, the company in a “little piece of paradise” in Friuli Venezia Giulia. Since 2002, the family business has been expanded with the domain “Grotta del Ninfeo” in Lavagno, Verona, where his son Tiziano started making beautiful Valpolicella wines and Amarone. In addition to quality and passion, Fraccaroli's philosophy includes sincerity and enthusiasm with respect for nature and tradition. The wines are made in a classic style.

They therefore become strong wines because they mature for a long time. For example, the Ripasso Superiore is matured on the pulp of the Amarone and the Amarone in turn is made from dried grapes. The rules for making these wines are quite strict. Various red grape varieties are used for Valpolicella DOC wine. The most important are the Corvina (45–95%) and the Rondinella (5–30%). The use of the Molinara variety is no longer required, but is still permitted. In addition, local grape varieties, such as Negrara, Forselina and Oseleta, may be used
(joint maximum 25%, individual maximum 10%). The Corvina may be replaced by Corvinone grapes for a maximum of 50%. Well, rules are rules...