Harvest: manual harvest with a careful grape selection in September. Grapes are placed in wooden crates and exposed to the cold win- ter breezes to dry naturally until December. 40% of the original weight is lost during this process.
Vinification: soft pressing, slow fermentation and maceration at low winter temperature followed by 12 months of stabilization in stainless steel tanks.
Refinement: casks and then in bottle.
Colour: deep ruby red turning to garnet when refined.
Bouquet: red flowers and fruitiness, including notes of cocoa and vanilla.
Taste: warm, soft with elegant tannins and a very pleasant finale of spirit-soaked cherries.
Food pairings: savory dishes like roasted, barbequed and braised meat, or seasoned cheese.
The Amarone della Valpolicella D.O.C.G. Classico Rabieto is mainly obtained from Corvina, Corvinone and Rondinella grapes.
In September the perfectly ripe grapes are manually harvested, with a careful selection of the best ones, which are placed in small wooden trays and left to dry until December. During this period of natural drying, called appassimento, the grapes lose about 40% of their weight, developing larval forms of noble rot such as botrytis cinerea. This mold naturally contributes to the increase of glycerol concentration, giving a softness and characteristic aroma to this great wine. A soft pressing and slow fermentation at low winter temperatures follows.
The colour of the wine is ruby red, with an intense and complex bouquet of red flowers and fruitiness including notes of cocoa and vanilla.
The taste is warm and soft, lightly tannic with a pleasant finish of spirit-soaked cherries.
Perfect in combination with savoury dishes like roasted, barbequed and braised meat, or seasoned cheese.
In order to fully appreciate its aroma, should be served it in wide balloon glasses.