Amarone della Valpolicella
⏳ Drinking Window
2029 - 2056
🍷 Vintage Profile
The 2021 growing season across Valpolicella was characterized by a cool spring followed by a dry, temperate summer with significant diurnal temperature variations leading into the autumn harvest. These conditions allowed Corvina, Corvinone, and Rondinella to achieve complete phenolic ripeness while retaining vibrant natural acidity, offering ideal clusters for the appassimento drying process. Market reception ranks 2021 as a classic, balanced, and structurally refined vintage with exceptional aging capacity. Currently entering its initial drinking window in 2026, this bottling possesses the tannic architecture and concentration to develop further complexity through 2038.
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Braised beef short ribs with polenta, roasted venison with juniper reduction, aged Parmigiano-Reggiano.
✨ Technical Specifications
Rooted in the limestone, calcareous marl, and clay slopes across the Valpolicella hills, this bottling is forged through the classic appassimento process. Hand-harvested clusters of indigenous Corvina, Corvinone, and Rondinella dry on traditional bamboo or plastic racks (fruttai) for three to four months, losing 30 to 40 percent of their water weight while concentrating sugars, extract, and polyphenols. Following a slow winter maceration and alcoholic fermentation lasting up to a month, the wine undergoes maturation in large Slavonian oak casks alongside neutral oak tonneaux for at least two years prior to estate bottling.
🍾 About the Producer
Pagus Bisano is a dedicated Veneto wine brand produced under the aegis of CADIS 1898 (historically known as Cantina di Soave), a cooperative founded in 1898 in the historic walled town of Soave. Sourcing fruit from an extensive network of member winegrowers throughout the limestone, marl, and volcanic hills of the Verona province, Pagus Bisano specializes in traditional expressions of Valpolicella and wider regional DOCs. The viticultural approach follows sustainable cooperative guidelines that respect local microclimates and indigenous varieties. Vinification centers on the time-honored appassimento traditions of the Veneto, with benchmark bottlings including Amarone della Valpolicella DOCG and Valpolicella Ripasso Superiore DOC. Crafted predominantly from Corvina, Corvinone, and Rondinella, these red wines deliver a classic profile defined by sour cherry, dried plum, warming spice, and balanced, food-friendly acidity.
🍇 Grapes
Corvina, Rondinella, Molinara
🍷 ABV
15%