Amarone della Valpolicella Classico "Colle Cristi"

Intense garnet red color. The bouquet is intense and elegant with notes of ripe fruit and spices. Smooth and full-bodied on the palate, Colle Cristi offers notes of chocolate and truffles and lots of dried fruit aromas. Ideal with red meat, roasts, game and seasoned cheeses.

VARIETAL

70% Corvina Veronese and Corvinone, 20% Rondinella, 10% Molinara

OENOLOGIST

Sergio Castellani

TOTAL PRODUCTION

60,000 bottles

AGING

Aged in a combination of French barriques (new and 2nd or 3rd passage) and Slavonian oak barrels (5,000 or 3,000 liters) for approximately 3 years. Bottle fining for one year.

VINEYARDS

Ca’ del Pipa vineyard, Marano di Valpolicella valley

Vinification

Grapes are carefully selected then air-dried for 3-4 months. Grapes then undergo crushing and destemming. Fermentation takes place in small casks. Temperature is raised to 10C, then it stays around 15C. Very long maceration, over 40 days with 2 weekly pumping overs. After two decanting, when the wine is clean, it is poured in wood for ageing (usually around May/June).

TYPE OF PLANTING Pergola

SOIL Clay and limestone

TYPE OF CULTIVATION Organic (not certified)

ALCOHOL CONTENT 15.5%