Ca' Florian
⏳ Drinking Window
2018 - 2035
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Slow-cooked beef braised in red wine, roasted game meats such as wild boar or venison, and mature, sharp cheeses like aged Parmigiano-Reggiano.
✨ Technical Specifications
Crafted by the historic Tommasi family, who have championed the viticultural heritage of Valpolicella since 1902, Ca' Florian is a prestigious Amarone della Valpolicella Classico Riserva. Sourced from one of the estate's oldest and most revered single vineyards in Pedemonte, this wine is a testament to traditional craftsmanship. The blend is dominated by Corvina, alongside Corvinone and Rondinella, grown on hilly, clay-limestone soils. Following harvest, the grapes undergo the ancient appassimento method, drying on bamboo racks for over three months to concentrate their sugars, acids, and flavors. The wine is then aged slowly for four years—first in tonneaux and then in large Slavonian oak casks—before resting in the bottle. This painstaking process yields a deeply complex, full-bodied red, rich with notes of dark cherry, dried plum, cocoa, and balsamic 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