Monte del Frà - Recioto Della Valpolicella | Valpolicella Classico DOC
Red wine | Italy, VENETO | 2016
Deep, garnet colour. Intense, but refined nose with violet, rose and vanilla aromas. Sweet, warm wine with a rich character but yet a striking freshness. We recommend to decant the wine 1 hour beforehand to ensure the wine can show its full potential.
€28.78
23.79
excl. VAT
Specifications
Serving temperature
14-16°C
Year
2016
Type
Red wine
Country
Italy
Vintage
2016
Storage (years)
> 10
Volume
0.5
Grape & craft
Region
VENETO
Grape varieties
Corvina, Corvinone, Rondinella
Viticulture
Traditional
Vinification
Picking of the grapes around mid October when they have just started drying out. This process continues in the special drying room with controlled conditions (temperature and humidity) to mimic the natural winter conditions. After rigorous selection, only the best grapes are placed in crates and transferred to a well-ventilated room in which the grapes concentrate their sugars even more. Towards the end of the winter, the grapes are pressed and fermented. Not all sugars are fermented into alcohol, which results in a red wine with residual sugar. In the final step, the wine ages for 12 - 18 months in Slovenian oak barrels.
Flavour profile
Flavour profile
Zoet - medium (Rood)
Food pairing
Cheese - Gorgonzola, Chocolate cake, Dessert - red fruit, Dessert with chocolate
About Az. Monte del Frá
The domain of Monte del Frà is situated in the heart of the Custoza region, east of Lake Garda, 15 km from the center of Verona. It was founded in 1958 by the Eligio brothers and Claudio Bonomo. Today the domain covers around 100 hectares. All vineyards are fully equipped with an irrigation system, so that the vines receive the necessary nutrition every season, which forms a perfect basis for the Monte del Frà wines.
Thanks to the dedication of the Bonomo family and the attention they devote to every step of the production process, the wines became very popular, both in Italy and throughout Europe. Their wines have been selected on the international market as the most representative of the Verona region.
