Amicone Cantine di Ora

Amicone

Wine has been made in Veneto since time immemorial. Especially the fertile volcanic and calcareous soils along the foot of the Alps were early on as the origin of commercially interesting wines.

Bulk wines were made for local consumption in the surrounding plain. Today Veneto, as the largest wine region after Sicily and Apulia, accounts for the largest amount of DOC wine in Italy.

The best known are Bardolino along Lake Garda, Soave and Valpolicella above Verona and Prosecco north of Venice. As a progressive wine region, Veneto was often at the forefront of new farming and winemaking techniques.

Climate-controlled fermentation and replanting with internationally interesting grape varieties were introduced early on. Amicone is a full-bodied wine, made from Corvina , Molinara and Rondinella , among others.

The grapes are dried in small boxes for 120 days, which greatly increases the concentration of the juice. After vinification, the young wine is aged for several months in oak.

The blend is characteristic of the red wines from this region and there is a clear affinity with the ripasso style. Amicone is very fruit intensive. Notes of black cherry, cassis and bay leaf. Full, juicy. Thick sultry fruit and a velvety mouthfeel