Falezze Amarone della Valpolicella (2015)

375mL / Valpolicella DOCG / Italy

Category: Wine
Sub-Category: Red wine

Colour:

Intense ruby red with purplish highlights

Aroma:

Intense, fruity aromas of cherry, red fruits and forest fruits

Taste:

Velvety, great minerality and a very persistent finish

Grape Varieties:

Corvinone, Corvina veronese, Rondinella, Oseleta

DOCG 

200–250m

Exposure:

SW-NE

Type of Terrain:

Calcareous with moderate stoniness, high in some parts, rich in gravel and well drained

Training System:

Traditional with Veronese pergola

Age of the Vines:

80 years

Winemaking:

Manual harvesting on trays, with selection of the bunches (September-October) - drying by natural ventilation in the winery's drying room.

Vinification in late December – January – February in steel tanks at a controlled temperature for about 3 weeks and limited pumping over.

Matured in new 500L medium-toasted French oak tonneaux; followed by long ageing in glass.