Amarone della Valpolicella Classico
⏳ Drinking Window
2028 - 2045
🍷 Vintage Profile
The 2021 vintage in Valpolicella Classica delivered a balanced, classic growing season marked by a cool spring, a steady summer with timely rainfall, and optimal diurnal temperature shifts leading into harvest. Grapes achieved thorough phenolic ripeness alongside elevated natural acidity, while dry September conditions facilitated healthy, rot-free fruit selection essential for the appassimento drying phase. This produced an Amarone characterized by vibrant structural tension, refined tannins, and exceptional aromatic clarity rather than overripe jamminess. Showing youthful energy in 2026, it is entering its primary drinking window and will develop further tertiary complexity through 2038.
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Braised beef short ribs in Amarone reduction, slow-cooked venison stew with polenta, aged Parmigiano-Reggiano or Monte Veronese stravecchio.
✨ Technical Specifications
Rooted in the limestone-clay terraced slopes of the Negrar valley within the historic Classico district, this wine relies on manually harvested bunches subjected to appassimento for 100 to 120 days in dedicated drying lofts (fruttai). Following partial dehydration that concentrates sugars, polyphenols, and extract, slow low-temperature winter fermentation is conducted on skins over several weeks. Aging is executed predominantly in large Slavonian oak botti alongside a proportion of barriques for at least 24 months, imparting tertiary integration while maintaining varietal purity.
🍾 About the Producer
Montigoli is a dedicated regional label crafted by Cantina Valpolicella Negrar, a historic cooperative established in 1933 in the heart of the Valpolicella Classico zone. Positioned along the alluvial and limestone-clay terraces of the Negrar valley, the participating vineyards enjoy shelter from the northern Monti Lessini and mitigating thermal breezes radiating from Lake Garda. Managing viticulture across hundreds of grower-members, the cooperative adheres to certified integrated sustainable practices, emphasizing pergola-trained indigenous varieties. Under the long-standing stewardship of enologist Daniele Accordini, Montigoli focuses on traditional Veronese vinification with a contemporary precision. Its benchmark bottling, Montigoli Amarone della Valpolicella Classico, relies on meticulous post-harvest appassimento of Corvina, Corvinone, and Rondinella, dried for months on traditional racks before vinification and extended maturation in large Slavonian oak casks. The style highlights dried dark cherries, bitter cocoa, and warming spice framed by balanced acidity and fine-grained tannins.
🍇 Grapes
Corvina, Corvinone, Rondinella, Molinara
🍷 ABV
15,5