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Tenuta Santa Maria di Gaetano Bertani - Amarone della Valpolicella Classico Riserva 2018

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Official documents from as early as the mid-1500s attest to the Bertani family heritage in the Valpolicella region. At the start of the last half of the 1800s, brothers Gaetano & Giovanni Battista Bertani set out to establish a new benchmark for excellence in their craft. Combining their deep respect for tradition and love of the land with commercial savvy and innovative drive in both the areas of production and cultivation, the brothers Bertani built an enterprise unique to the Veneto of their epoch. With a forward-looking spirit, they introduced revolutionary vine growing techniques developed by agronomist Jules Guyot, techniques to which Gaetano Bertani had been exposed during his years of political exile in France for his active role in the Italian Unification Movement against the Austrian Empire. The brothers Bertani became the first in the region to bottle and sell Veronese wines, such as Valpolicella Ripasso, Recioto and Soave on a larger scale. They steadily expanded their market to Great Britain, Germany and the United States, winning recognition through winemaking competitions, both national and international.

Today, Gaetano Bertani, great-grandson of founding brother Gaetano, and his sons, Giovanni and Guglielmo, maintain the family tradition and philosophy. Now in its sixth generation, the Bertani enterprise continues in the tradition of one of the oldest winemaking families in Italy, with a firmly-established history of excellence and the expertise born of a tireless endeavor to blend passion and skill with the power of the past.

The Amarone is obtained using the traditional appassimento method, a natural drying process of Corvina, Rondinella and Corvinone grapes, and long barrel aging, giving it a unique and immediately recognizable taste. It represents the full expression of the Veronese tradition and the more than century-old family heritage.

Amarone della Valpolicella Classico Riserva fruit comes from the Tenuta Santa Maria, a 20-hectare belted clos in Negrar. The grapes are hand harvested left to dry for 4/5 months. After losing 25%-30% of their weight, the raisin-like grapes are pressed and fermented for 25-30 days at controlled temperatures with daily pumping over. After 48 months of aging in large cask and tonneaux the wine is bottled and rested for 6 months before release.

Producer: Tenuta Santa Maria di Gaetano Bertani 

Country: Italy

Region: Veneto

Varietal:  Corvina, Rondinella, Corvinone

Appellation: Amarone della Valpolicella Riserva

Vintage: 2018

Size: 750ml

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