Fiorato
⏳ Drinking Window
2022 - 2032
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Dark chocolate desserts, aged blue cheeses such as Gorgonzola, and traditional dry Venetian pastries like Sbrisolona.
✨ Technical Specifications
Hailing from the historic Tommasi estate, founded in 1902 in the heart of the Valpolicella Classico region, 'Fiorato' is a prestigious Recioto della Valpolicella Classico. Recioto is the ancient, sweet ancestor of Amarone, deeply rooted in Veronese tradition. The name 'Recioto' derives from 'recia', meaning 'ear' in the local dialect, referring to the top lobes of the grape bunches that receive the most sunlight and concentration. Grown on the clay-limestone soils of the Fiorato vineyard, the traditional blend of Corvina, Rondinella, and Molinara grapes undergoes the 'appassimento' process, drying on bamboo racks for around four months. This natural dehydration concentrates the sugars, acids, and aromatics before a slow fermentation that is deliberately halted to preserve its luscious natural sweetness, followed by refined aging in oak casks.
🍾 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.