TOMMASO BUSSOLA 2017 Amarone della Valpolicella Classico DOCG

Tommaso Bussola Amarone della Valpolicella Classico DOCG

Extremely low yields, prolonged drying and long periods spent in wood give rise to concentrated wines, rich in ripe fruit and spicy aromas.

Grapes:
Corvina, Corvinone, Rondinella, Molinara

Grape harvest:
The grapes are harvested and carefully selected from mid-September.
It remains at rest until the middle of January when it has reached a high degree of drying.

Fermentation:
The must is left to ferment about fifty days with the marc and frequent pumping over is carried out.
After racking, it is placed in steel vats for another ten days.

Refinement:
After racking, it is placed in oak tonneaux and barriques.

It remains there on the skins, here it remains on its lees where it continues to ferment very slowly.
After racking and blending, it is bottled where it completes its refinement.

Characteristics:
Intense garnet red colour.

Ample, elegant, soft, warm and with a persistent finish.

Excellent with red meat and mature cheeses.