2009 Quintarelli Amarone Della Valpolicella Classico Riserva

Amarone della Valpolicella Classico Riserva DOC:

• In truly exceptional years an Amarone Riserva is produced, a personal barrel selection by the family

• Careful selection of grapes during harvest

• After harvest, grapes sit in wooden boxes or on rush mats

• Careful attention is paid to the positioning of the grapes so the appassimento can occur naturally

• Noble rot starts to appear in November and develops mostly in January

• Grapes are pressed at the end of January and after 20 days of maceration, alcoholic fermentation begins with indigenous yeasts

• Fermentation lasts 45 days

• Wine is then racked and ages in Slavonian oak barrels for seven years

• Alcoholic fermentation continues during this aging period creating a dry wine