Corpo Amarone della Valpolicella Docg

"Corpo" Amarone della Valpolicella Docg

Type of Soil: calcareous

Pruning System: guyot

Average Age of the Vines: 20 years

Harvest Period: from the second week of September to the first week of October

Maceration: 8 days in contact with the skins

Aging: 24 months in big Slavonia barriques and French tonneaux; at least 12 months in bottle

Tasting Notes:

• colour: deep ruby red tending to garnet
• nose: small red fruits under spirits, delicate notes of vanilla and toasted coffee
• taste: austere, wee-balanced, slightly tannic, cherry under spirit, ripe raspberry, tobacco leaf; soft and long aftertaste

Aging Potential: wine with a long life