Brigaldara - Recioto della Valpolicella DOCG (half bottle)
This is a classic Veronese wine made by the traditional method of drying the grapes to give it added richness. Made by Brigaldara, who is considered one of the best producers in the region, from his small hillside estate. A full-bodied, muscular red, mainly sweet in the middle and a touch of dryness on the finish.
Country: Italy
Region: Valpolicella
Grape: Corvina & Rondinella & Sangiovese & Cabernet Sauvignon
Style: Sweet Dessert Red Wine
Alcohol: 14%
Bottle size: 37.5cl
Other: Vegetarian
This is a classic Veronese wine made by the traditional method of drying the grapes to give it added richness. Made by Brigaldara, who is considered one of the best producers in the region, from his small hillside estate. A full-bodied, muscular red, mainly sweet in the middle and a touch of dryness on the finish.
Country: Italy
Region: Valpolicella
Grape: Corvina & Rondinella & Sangiovese & Cabernet Sauvignon
Style: Sweet Dessert Red Wine
Alcohol: 14%
Bottle size: 37.5cl
Other: Vegetarian
This is a classic Veronese wine made by the traditional method of drying the grapes to give it added richness. Made by Brigaldara, who is considered one of the best producers in the region, from his small hillside estate. A full-bodied, muscular red, mainly sweet in the middle and a touch of dryness on the finish.
Country: Italy
Region: Valpolicella
Grape: Corvina & Rondinella & Sangiovese & Cabernet Sauvignon
Style: Sweet Dessert Red Wine
Alcohol: 14%
Bottle size: 37.5cl
Other: Vegetarian
Amarone and Recioto are the 2 most important wines of Valpolicella, they are well known all over the world for their unique characteristics. Both wines are red, made from raised Appassimento (dried-out concentrated) grapes, the difference is Amarone is dry & Recioto is sweet.
In Amarone all the natural grape sugar is transformed into alcohol by the yeast, so it is a dry wine; in Recioto alcoholic fermentation is stopped in the middle to leave some natural sugars & a lower alcohol content, so is a sweet dessert wine. Recioto was already known in Roman times, Amarone has a recent history: a wine maker forgot to stop the fermentation in a Recioto barrel.
A very distinctive style of wine and an historic speciality of the region of Veneto. Originally produced from the ripest grapes which were on the outside of the bunches or 'ears' and for which the Italian word is "orecchio", hence recioto. Recioto is a full flavoured sweetish red wine, whilst Recioto Amarone uses the same method of production but is then fermented completely dry.
