How much do you know about Amarone della Valpolicella DOCG?

"How well do you know Amarone della Valpolicella docg?" (There is only 1 correct answer)

• dried grapes for >100 days
• minimum alcohol content 12%
• only mechanized harvest
• it has very hard tannins

The correct answer is "dried grapes for >100 days"

Amarone docg is one of the most famous Italian red wines in the world. It is produced in Valpolicella, a wine region just a few kilometers from Verona, in Veneto. It is considered one of the great Italian reds, an ambassador worldwide.
60% of you made the right choice by opting for the answer “dried grapes for >100 days”.

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

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Cornelia Hassmueller