2016 Allegrini Fieramonte Amarone Classico Riserva DOCG 750ml

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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 and father of Walter, Marilisa and Franco, 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.

The grapes are harvested by hand and carefully selected. Naturally dried for 3-4 months in the drying facility. The grapes lose 40-45% of their original weight. After over ripening 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.

The Amarone Classico Riserva Fieramonte DOCG, with the vintages 2015 and 2016, has received for two consecutive years 100 points from Decanter the prestigious English publication recognised worldwide as an authoritative source on wine. Already in 2019 Fieramonte was awarded with the Best Red of the Year 2019 by the British magazine Decanter.