How much do you know about Amarone della Valpolicella DOCG? The Milano Wine Affair quiz

“How much do you know about &' Amarone della Valpolicella docg? (C&' it's just 1 correct answer)

• drying of the grapes >100 days
• minimum alcohol content 12%
• only mechanized harvest
• It has very hard tannins

The correct answer is “drying the grapes >100 days”

Amarone DOCG is one of the most famous Italian red wines in the world. It is produced in Valpolicella, a wine-growing region a few kilometers from Verona, in Veneto. It is considered one of the great Italian reds, ambassador all over the world.
60% of you made the right choice, opting for the answer “grape drying process >100 days”.

Here are the other important facts about the production of RE AMARONE DOCG:
- denomination: Amarone DOCG
- grape variety: Corvina Corvinone (45-95%), Rondinella (5-30%), other red grapes (< 25%)
- harvest: strictly manual
- wilting: about 100 -120 days.
- alcohol content: min. 14% vol. alc.
- aging: min. 2 years traditionally in large Slavonian oak barrels (Riserva, on the other hand, ages 4 years).

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Cornelia Hassmueller