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
Founded in 1902 by Giacomo Battista Tommasi, Tommasi is an esteemed historic wine estate based in Pedemonte in the heart of the Valpolicella Classica zone of Veneto, Italy. Still owned and meticulously managed by the fourth generation of the Tommasi family, the estate has established itself as an international benchmark for authentic Northern Italian viticulture. The winery is renowned for its mastery of traditional regional winemaking techniques, particularly the native appassimento grape-drying method used to craft their powerful, long-lived Amarone della Valpolicella Classico and prestigious single-vineyard bottlings like Ca' Florian and Rafael. Alongside their iconic Valpolicella red wines, Tommasi produces refined Lugana whites, elegant Chiaretto rosés, and characterful dessert wines that celebrate indigenous varietals and historic terroirs.
🍇 Grape Varieties
Corvina (45-95%), Corvinone, Rondinella