Wine Le Salette, Amarone della Valpolicella DOC Classico, 2014
Tasting Notes
The wine is dark ruby color.
Soft and sophisticated taste of wine filled notes of blackberry, dried flowers, raisins and chocolate. Aftertaste - a long and spicy.
The wine has a rich and sweet aroma with notes of hazelnut, raisins and dark berries.
Wine is served with grilled meat and hard cheeses or pure as a digestif.
Interesting Facts
Amarone della Valpolicella Classico - charming red wine "for meditation" (vino da meditazione) with a clean and elegant fruit flavors. Selected varieties of berries Kroatina, Rondinella, Corvina and Korvinone collected on new vineyard management, dried on tables for 5 months and undergo alcoholic fermentation. After fermentation, the wort should be a three-year wine aging in barrels of Slavonian oak and eight-month - after bottling. Wine storage capacity of more than 10 years.
In the north-east of Italy is the largest wine-growing region of the country - Veneto, stretching from the Alps to the Adriatic Sea. In its central part, in the mountains there is a small village of Fumane (Fumane), whose inhabitants in 1860 built the sanctuary of Le Salette in honor of the Madonna, to protect their vineyards from the phylloxera epidemic. Family Skamperle have possessed the finest vineyards in the village, and that its members were the initiators of the construction of the temple. One of the vineyard, which is the property Skamperle, located below the church building and bears the same name - Le Salette.
Multi-generational family Skamperle loyal to their native land, many decades engaged in growing grapes and making wine, gradually expanding their business. The family currently owns twenty hectares of vineyards located in the most famous places of the Valpolicella Classico region, in the territory of which are cultivated local grape varieties such as Corvina, Korvinone, Rondinella, Oseleta, a small amount of Molenaar and Kroatina. When working with vines are used well-proven methods and means of production, preserving the identity and characteristics of grapes. Dynasty Skamperle committed to creating only the highest quality drinks, and it never stops in their research, the search for and development of new brands of wine.
Producer's description
In the north-east of Italy is the largest wine region of the country - Veneto, stretching from the Alps to the Adriatic Sea. In its central part, in the mountains, there is a small village of Fumane, whose residents in 1860 built the sanctuary Le Salette in honor of the Madonna, who protected their vineyards from the phylloxera epidemic. The Scamperle family has long owned the best vineyards in this village, and it was its members who initiated the construction of the temple. One of the vineyards, owned by the Scamperle, is located below the church building and has the same name - Le Salette .
Several generations of the Scamperle family, faithful to their native land, have been growing grapes and making wine for many decades, gradually expanding their business. Currently, the family owns twenty hectares of vineyards located in the most famous places of the Valpolicella Classico area, where local grape varieties such as Corvina, Corvinone, Rondinella, Oseleta, a small amount of Molinara and Croatina are grown. When working with the vines, well-tested methods and means of production are used, preserving the originality and characteristics of the grapes. The Scamperle dynasty strives to create only high-quality drinks, and therefore never stops in their research, search and development of new brands of wine.
