Amarone della Valpolicella Classico « Stropa » – Monte Dall’Ora

The Amarone della Valpolicella Classico Stropa is Monte Dall’Ora’s great age-worthy red, the result of patient grape drying and long ageing.

The Monte Dall’Ora estate

Monte Dall’Ora belongs to the Venturini family, who are gradually restoring the old terraces of their Valpolicella hillsides. The pergola-trained vines are farmed biodynamically.

The wine: Amarone della Valpolicella Classico Stropa

This wine is a blend of 40% Corvina, 30% Corvinone, 20% Rondinella and 10% Oseleta and Molinara, from 25- to 65-year-old vines on a south-facing limestone slope. Hand-picked in several passes, the grapes dry for about four months in small crates in a ventilated fruttaio; only 15 to 20% of the crop goes into the Amarone. Spontaneous fermentation lasts 30 to 40 days in open oak vats, followed by three years in 25-hl casks and two and a half years in bottle. It is a dry wine, with 1 to 2 g/l of residual sugar.

Tasting notes

The bottle is sealed with wax and tied with a “stropa”, the willow twig that gives the cuvée its name.

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