Home » Italy » Veneto » Amarone della Valpolicella » Tommaso Bussola TB Amarone della Valpolicella Classico Vigneto Alto Tommaso Bussola TB Amarone della Valpolicella Classico Vigneto Alto 2010Type:Red Country:Italy Region:Veneto Appellation:Amarone della Valpolicella Style Full Bodied RedsVintage 2010Grape Corvina blendAlcohol 17%Size 75clDrink Drink / Lay DownOak Style OakedGrower Classification DOCGThe grapes to produce Amarone Classico ?Vigneto Alto? are selected in the middle of September. They?re brought in the Fruttaio and left in wooden plateaux where they are left to dry naturally for 4 months. In January the grapes are carefully selected and pressed in truncated cone oak vats where, after about 15 days, fermentation starts with indigenous yeasts. In the following 60 days several pumping-overs and delestage for the skins submersion are performed. The wine is then racked off and moved in a steel tank where its gross lees is decanted off. After about 20 days it is racked off again and moved to wooden barrels where fermentation and aging are completed. The Amarone Classico ?Vigneto Alto? is bottled after 9 years of aging and it stays 2 years in bottle before being sold. The production amounts to 3825 bottles. |