Guerrieri Rizzardi Villa Rizzardi Amarone della Valpolicella Classico Riserva 2015

Guerrieri Rizzardi Villa Rizzardi Amarone della Valpolicella Classico Riserva

Region: Valpolicella, Veneto, Italy

Vintage: 2015

Bottle size: 75cl

Grape: 52% corvina, 20% corvinone, 10% barbera, 10% merlot, 8% rondinella

ABV: 16%

The wine is dark and deeply concentrated wine with loads of dark fruit and spice that lift heavily from the bouquet. Thick streaks of pressed blackberry, cured meat, teriyaki and barbecue smoke run though this fleshy Amarone.

Amarone is a traditional and unique method of wine making crafted only from Valpolicella grown grapes which are naturally dried in boxes and then pressed and fermented. The grapes for this Amarone are from the Pojega vineyard where the average vine age is at least 30 years. It's bottled 4 years after the harvest having spent at least 36 months in mostly French oak barrels. Villa Rizzardi Amarone Riserva is only produced in the best vintages.

The company’s goal is unchanged, namely the creation of ‘estate produced and bottled’ wines, retaining control of the entire production chain in-house. New vineyards have been planted with different grape varieties in accordance with the type of soil, and the system of nurturing different varieties of vine is being improved to increase the quality of the wines. In recent years Guerrieri-Rizzardi has joined the ‘Historical Wine Families’ Association and the ‘Les Hénokiens’ Association of 200-year old family businesses. Today, Guerrieri-Rizzardi is a dynamic company, not only in the world of wine, but also in tourism and hospitality, originally started by Antonio Rizzardi, subsequently in Bardolino with Rambaldi apartments and Borgo Bardolino, and in Negrar with the Pojega Garden and Villa Rizzardi.