Amarone Casa dei Bepi, Viviani
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Organic

Amarone Casa dei Bepi, Viviani - 2016

Item # 24236 750mL

This is the top cuvée at the Viviani winery and it's made from vines that are up to 80 years old that are planted on limestone and fossilized, pink coral soils. The natural drying process to make Amarone - appassimento - is key in making this unique style of red wine that is bold and full-bodied. The wine was racked into new French barrique and aged for 3 years before bottling.
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Color
Red
Vintage
2016
Country
Italy
Region
Veneto
Sub-Region
Valpolicella
Producer
Viviani
Grape Variety
Rondinella
Corvina
Molinara
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Production Methods

Organic

Organic

Practicing Organic

Wine made from grapes grown without synthetic pesticides, fertilizers and herbicides in the vineyard.

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Staff Pick Notes

Viviani = lively. Especially with their Amarone. I’ve been perturbed by a proliferation of a downright sweet style of Amarone. Sticky, unappealing and un-special. All of the Viviani range is indeed special, but I decided to shoot for the stars and sing loud praises for the family’s most special of special - the Casa dei Bepi. All you Big Wine lovers (you know who are) should be grabbing this wine by the case. Hand-picked old-vine Corvina and Rondinella growing happily in nose-bleed-inducing high altitude vineyards create a superlative wine. Extra-traditional care is taken as the grapes are dried then pressed on rubber rollers. The wine matures 36 months in new French barrique. Don't poo-poo the barrique! Remember dizzying heights = acidity. Herbal notes compound the fruit and there is no awkward heat. A wine to fall in love with.

- EP

About the Producer

Mazzano di Negrar, Valpolicella Veneto, Italy The Viviani family has been producing wines in one of the most amazing and highest positions in the heart of the Valpolicella Classico area, Mazzano di Negrar, with a view in one direction to Lake Garda, in another all the way to Verona. The steep hillsides here are terraced in pink fossilized coral, blocks of which built the Arena di Verona, and...

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Glossary

Corvina

The red Corvina grape (a.k.a. Corvina Veronese) is the most widely planted grape in Italy's Valpolicella and Bardolino regions. In recent years, it has gained momentum as the best grape for making Amarone.

Veneto

Valpolicella

This is a very large region that produces all sorts of red wines, often from the Corvina grape, that range from light, early-drinking, Beaujolais-esque efforts to hulking dried-grape monsters like Recioto and Amarone.

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