Features
Name:
Valpolicella Classico Superiore DOP 2014
Terrain:
predominantly Cretaceous, limestone, rich in skeleton
Cellar
In the province of Verona, just a stone's throw from the centre of Cerè di Negrar, on the Cà Paletta mountain, stands the Quintarelli winery; a winery born at the beginning of the '1900s from the intuition and foresight of the founder of the family, Silvio Quintarelli, who fully understood the great potential of his land, Valpolicella.
Today the baton has passed to the youngest of his sons, Giuseppe Quintarelli, who, with rigour and respect for tradition and the land, has established himself as one of the 'masters' and points of reference in the production of Amarone.
Description
Valpolicella Classico Superiore DOP 2014 is produced in Veneto by the well-known winery of Giuseppe Quintarelli, located in the foothills of Negrar, 350 metres above sea level. The moderately continental climate typical of Valpolicella and the predominantly calcareous soil give the wine its organoleptic characteristics. The grape varieties used for the production of this still red wine are corvina, molinara and rondinella.
Organoleptic characteristics:
Colour: Garnet of moderate intensity
Nose: Initially there are notes of cedar, graphite, wood smoke, then more evident fruit aromas, especially morello cherry and ripe raspberry.
Taste: Dry and medium-bodied wine shows first notes of red fruit in the form of those cherries and raspberries perceived on the nose, followed by the aroma of plum and the whole is enveloped by aromas of wild herbs and oak with a note of minerality that is persistent through the long finish.
Storage time:
over 5 years
Vinification
light crushing, maceration for 2 months and spontaneous alcoholic fermentation using indigenous yeasts for 7/8 days
Acknowledgements
2013 Vinous 90/100
2013 Red Prawn 
