La Dama - Amarone Classico 2018 (750ml)

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Producer	La Dama
Country	Italy
Region	Veneto
Subregion	Amarone Classico
Varietal	Corvina,  Rondinella,  Molinara,  Corvinone
Vintage	2018
Sku	82728
Size	750ml

 

My name is Gabriele Dalcanale and my passion for grapevines and wines started while attending the college of agricultural studies in my hometown Trento. It continued at University of Padova, where I specialized in oenology. After university, I spent a few years working for the well-known Cantine Ferrari in Trento. It was in 2006 that my wife and I began to work on setting up our own business in Valpolicella. With the support of my father in law Giampietro, who immediately believed in our project, we bought the land and built a new modern winery, LA DAMA. Since then we never looked back, putting all our passion and dedication into what we do, from cultivating our vineyard and working in the cellar, to promoting and selling our wines.

"Our Amarone della Valpolicella Classico 2018 is refined in new vats and barrique casks for 14 months and then in barrels for a further 18-22 months. The best bunches of our Corvina 70%, Corvinone 10%, Rondinella15% and Molinara 5%, which are the ripest and have the best exposure to the sun are selected and then placed in special vented crates to dry for 100 days in natural drying rooms which are well vented. The pressing, that happens both in steel and wooden vats, is carried out in the winter following the fall harvest when all the aromas have concentrated. The fermentation is long, from 30 to 40 days. The wine rests and ages in barrels for 36 months. The wine is then transferred to bottles for at least one year before release to the market for sale. The wine is an intense ruby red with garnet hues. It has a complex aroma of cherries, dried plums, baking spices and tobacco. Its lengthy taste is warm, full and vigorous."  

Gabriele Dalcanale, Winemaker.