Tenuta Santa Maria di Gaetano Bertani Amarone della Valpolicella Class

VINTAGE: 2013

PRODUCER: Tenuta Santa Marita di Gaetano Bertani

LOCATION: Arbizzano di Nergar (Verona)

APPELLATION:  Amarone della Valpolicella Classico Riserva DOCG

VARIETALS: 75% Corvina, 10% Rondinella, 15% Corvinone

AGING: long period in large oak barrels for malolactic fermentation and an additional 4+ years ageing; after bottling at least 6 months refining before release

ALCOHOL: 15% Alc.

PRODUCTION: 20,000 bottles

RATING: 97 Pts. DECANTER

The wine is ruby red in color with garnet reflections, and the impact of cherry preserves, spices, and dried rose petals lend complexity and elegance to the nose. Warm and subtle on the palate, it presents an important structure and high alcohol content, balanced by velvety tannins and bright acidity and freshness.

Tenuta Santa Maria di Gaetano Bertani 

The experience of the Bertani Family handed down for generations has shaped a unique philosophy that produces excellent wines with meticulous care of the vineyard, viticulture practices respecting the environment, ancient techniques and Veronese varieties and original innovations. The careful work in the cellar and the long refinements only serve to preserve the product of the vineyard, leading to wines with distinctive balance, elegance and great aging potential in the bottle. The properties of the sixteenth-century cellars of Villa Mosconi Bertani in the Valpolicella Classica, Tenuta Santa Maria in the Val d'Illasi and of Grezzana include very different terroirs and cover the major DOC denominations of Veronese