Wine Bertani, Amarone Della Valpolicella Classico DOC, 2012

Description

Amarone Della Valpolicella Classico – this classic wine in a unique style Bertani. It is always important and needs no changes. The wine is produced since 1958. This wine – a perfect example of harmony between time, nature and man. Harvest grapes for Amarone collected in the second week of September. Selected ripe and healthy berries, carefully transported them to the winery and dried for 120 days. In early January vinification process starts at a low temperature (4-5 C), which was then raised to 18 C. The fermentation lasts for 50 days. Excerpt wine occurs within 6 years in oak barrels and 12 months in bottles.

Bertani winery was founded in the middle of the XIX century in the small town of Quinto di Valpantena in the north of Verona Bertani two brothers – Giovanni Battista and Gaetano. Way brothers in the world of wine began with an introduction by Mr. Guillot – a prominent figure in the wine industry at the time. Since its inception, the brothers Bertani used innovative techniques in the cultivation and processing of crops, using new technology vinification and cultivation. Also Bertani brothers – the first who took the decision to sell wine in bottles, not in oak barrels, which at that time was much more traditional.

Through nearly 30 years since the founding of the winery in 1888, the Academy of Agriculture, Arts and Commerce in the city of Verona, studying the works of the brothers in terms of scientific and practical approach, awarded them a special gold award. Since then, the winery has become the benchmark Bertani family and commercial winemaking in Verona. To this day, Bertani take part in various competitions and exhibitions, develop new technologies, not resting on its laurels and strive for perfection. Possession Bertani today – it’s 130 acres of land owned by the family around the historic villa of the XVIII century. Cellar and winery are located in the cozy town Grezzano.