Amarone della Valpolicella

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Terroir

• Soils derived from calcareous-dolomitic rock, basalts, and morainic and fluvial deposits of volcanic origin, with high pedological variability.
• Mean annual rainfall ranging between 850 and 1,000 mm, with surpluses concentrated in winter.

• The appassimento technique is documented from the 4th century: Cassiodorus describes the 'Acinatico' as a 'winter must, cold blood of the grapes', a proto-Amarone ordered for the table of Theodoric.

• Soils formed from calcareous-dolomitic rock, basalts, and morainic/fluvial deposits: variable water retention that influences grape ripening.

Facts drawn from the cahier's terroir-link section (Lien au terroir) by automatic interpretation — see the source.

Sources

• eAmbrosia register (EU) — File number PDO-IT-A0435
• Official trade body site — Consorzio Tutela Vini Valpolicella