2015 Quintarelli Amarone della Valpolicella Classico

This unique beautiful wine comes from the absolute godfather of Amarone. This Amarone is only made in the best years and after the 2003, 2006, 2007 and the 2009, 2012, the 2015 is the next vintage. After the manual harvest, the grapes are dried naturally for a few months. After this, the grapes are pressed, after which they undergo their first fermentation for 20 days. The further alcoholic fermentation takes 45 days. After this, the wine develops for 7 years in oak barrels and then for more than 2 years in the bottle before it is released on the market. The vineyards were planted in the eighties. The soil type is basalt with limestone. Quintarelli has a total of only 11 hectares of vineyard. The wine is very intense ruby red, with a wonderfully powerful bouquet of red fruit, cherries, plums supplemented with cocoa, licorice and vanilla. The taste is full, intense with extremely refined elegance and a remarkably long, powerful aftertaste and unparalleled complexity. The wine is a blend of 55% Corvina, 25% Rondinella, 15% Cabernet Sauvignon supplemented with some hints of Nebbiolo, Sangiovese and Croatina.

In the years leading up to 'Bepi' Giuseppe Quintarelli's death in 2012 due to Parkinson's disease, there was a lot of confusion about the fortunes of this absolute top winery. Giuseppe Quintarelli had been ill for a long time, but his relatives (four daughters and a lot of grandchildren) started a new chapter more than a year after his death. Quintarelli's heirs Francesco and Lorenzo (both grandsons) now run the management together with Giampaolo (son-in-law) and continue the focus on delivering only top quality. This Amarone was only released at the end of 2022 and is one of the very best Amarones available. Drinking window 2023-2050+

FACT: The wine is in our conditioned Wine Warehouse and if you pick up the wine you will often receive a nice discount. You will see your discount immediately when you choose Collect in the Checkout page. We are almost next to the Rijksweg with plenty of parking. Click here for our address.