Brigaldara Superiore Ripasso (750ml)

• Wine Type

  Red Wine

• Country

  Italy

• Size

  750ml

• Grape

  Blend

• Food Pairing

  GamePasta DishesRed Meat

• Region

  Veneto

• Sub-Region

  Valpolicella

The Brigaldara winery is located just outside the town of San Floriano, in the heart of the Valpolicella region, north of Verona. It is at the entrance of the Marano valley, one of the four valleys that make up Valpolicella’s classical area, the original and oldest wine production area of the region. The name Brigaldara appears for the first time in a notary deed dated 1260. In 1929, the Cesari family acquired the villa with the surrounding land. Up to 1979, Brigaldara did not make its own wine and sold most of the grapes it harvested. In the early 1990’s the family began to acquire more land for vineyards in the area and started producing their own wine.

The grapes are hand harvested in the second half of October and are made into Valpolicella wine which then is added to the grape skins used to make Amarone. The Amarone skins macerate in the Valpolicella wine 5 days triggering a second fermentation and the extraction of more flavour, coulour, phenolics from the grape skins. Brief pumping overs are carried out to keep the cap soaked. The wine ages in a combination of stainless steel and Slavonian oak barrels of 25hl.

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