Ca' Florian Riserva
⏳ Drinking Window
2024 - 2038
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Slow-braised beef cheeks, roasted wild game such as venison, and mature, sharp cheeses like Parmigiano-Reggiano.
✨ Technical Specifications
Hailing from the historic Ca' Florian vineyard in the heart of the Valpolicella Classico zone, this Amarone della Valpolicella Classico Riserva represents the pinnacle of the Tommasi family's winemaking heritage, which began in 1902. The vineyard itself is a prestigious site characterized by ancient, traditional pergola-trained vines rooted in limestone and clay soils. Crafted from a classic blend of Corvina, Corvinone, and Rondinella, the hand-harvested grapes undergo the ancient appassimento process, drying in specialized fruit-drying rooms for over three months to concentrate their sugars, aromas, and structural elements. Following a slow fermentation, the wine is aged for four years—first in French oak tonneaux and then in large Slavonian oak casks—yielding a complex, deeply structured masterpiece rich with notes of dried plums, dark cocoa, wild spices, and earthy undertones.
🍾 About the Producer
Established in 1902 by Giacomo Tommasi in the hillside hamlet of Pedemonte di Valpolicella, Tommasi has evolved across four generations into one of the most prominent family-owned wine estates in northeastern Italy. While anchored in the classic calcareous-limestone hills of Valpolicella Classica, the estate has expanded its viticultural footprint across prominent northeastern denominations, including the mineral-rich, glacial clay terraces of Lugana on the southern shores of Lake Garda, as well as classic terroirs across Delle Venezie. Led winemaking-wise by Giancarlo Tommasi, the house operates under strict sustainability protocols certified via Equalitas. Vinification balances regional heritage with precision oenology, championing extended wood aging in large Slavonian oak casks for its iconic Amarone della Valpolicella and the ultra-prestige single-vineyard De Buris Riserva, while delivering vibrancy and saline minerality through stainless-steel vinifications in white expressions such as Le Fornaci Lugana and Le Volpare Soave Classico.
🍇 Grapes
Corvina (45-95%), Corvinone, Rondinella