Amarone della Valpolicella D.O.C.G.: a wine rich in history

We went to visit a Valpolicella winery to try the classic #Amarone and we discovered a niche and excellent product that we intend to offer to our attentive and selected customers and followers.

The Origins

The generous vineyards, the sunny hills, the calcareous, lean, pebbly soil and the culture of making wine according to nature has accompanied for four generations the history and growth of the family of the winery we are talking about today: the Benedetti family. Towards the end of the 1800s Domenico Benedetti arrived in these lands to cultivate the vines, later Giuseppe Benedetti was the first to produce wine on the hills of #Valpolicella followed by his son Adriano and then by his grandchildren Simone and Matteo Benedetti, the fourth generation of winemakers who today they manage the entirely family-run company.

Since the mid-nineteenth century, the Benedetti family has been cultivating the land by combining traditional methods with updated and technologically advanced systems, perfecting the various stages of grape processing and winemaking over the years, and cultivating their land without ever resorting to chemical herbicides.

The area of production

The Benedetti family vineyards produce grapes on a unique terrain for exposure and quality, in the municipality of #Negrar, in the midst of the splendid Valpolicella, which DIAGO had the pleasure of visiting. The vineyards are on the back of a hill and are surrounded by terraces, dry stone walls and have always been known for their high quality, originality and authenticity.

The Benedetti family, on the "la Permuta" and "le Cortesele" farms, has scrupulously selected the best wines for more than a century: Amarone "la Permuta", #Recioto "la Permuta" produced with grapes that were once the object in exchange, among the winemakers of the area, the grapes that were used to obtain the best wines, including Valpolicella Ripasso.

Amarone della Valpolicella D.O.C.G.

Amarone della Valpolicella D.O.C.G. "la Permuta" from the Benedetti winery is obtained from a careful selection of red grapes typical of the classic Valpolicella, left to dry in the appropriate fruit cellars. After careful drying, the grapes are vinified after mid-January, the must and marc obtained are fermented slowly for a long time in special barrels for a period of about 40 days. After various stages of processing, it is placed in medium-sized oak barrels for 48 months and then aged in the bottle for 6 months.

Amarone della Valpolicella D.O.C.G. "la Permuta" is a wine with a rather deep ruby red color, with hints of wild berries and black cherries, dry, velvety and harmonious flavour. velvety. it is excellent with game, grilled red meats, important roasts and aged cheeses. It has an alcohol content of 15.5 to 16.5% Vol. depending on the vintage.

A really niche product

It is an absolutely niche wine that we are pleased to present to you together with the many that we have selected for you, the result of the passion and family dedication of small companies that produce for a few selected customers. It is in fact produced in small quantities with an artisan method that has remained unchanged for generations, characterized by a careful selection of the bunches and their drying, which precedes the vinification; it is in the refinement and maturation phase, carried out in special barrels, that the wine acquires its organoleptic characteristics and becomes more precious.

Among the products of Cantine Benedetti we also find all the other types of Valpolicella: Amarone Della Valpolicella Classico D.O.C.G., Valpolicella Classico Superiore Ripasso D.O.C., Valpolicella Classico Superiore D.O.C., Valpolicella Classico D.O.C. and the Recioto Della Valpolicella Classico D.O.C.G.

It is said about it

Excellent Amarone, persistent tannins, hints of plum, fairly high acidity. "young" but good excellent product quality price. The 16.5 degrees feel