The 2020 Bertani Amarone della Valpolicella Valpantena is a rich, elegant red wine from Veneto, Italy, featuring a blend of 80% Corvina and 20% Rondinella grapes. It offers intense aromas of dark cherry, blackberry, and spice (cinnamon, pepper) with a, silky, full-bodied palate, fine tannins, and a 15.5% ABV. It is aged 24 months in barrels and is drinkable now through 2029.
Winery Notes:
This amarone is produced in the Valpantena hills, north of Verona. The soils are calcareous-marl in the east and calcareous-clay in the west, rich in iron.
The vines are vertical-trellised and Guyot-trained, with a planting density of 2024 plants per acre. Hand harvest is carried out in the middle of September.