Le Ragose Amarone della Valpolicella Classico Riserva DOCG 2008 is a powerful and complex Amarone from the historic hills of Valpolicella Classico in northern Italy. Crafted by Le Ragose using the traditional appassimento method, the wine blends Corvina, Rondinella and Corvinone grapes dried for several months to concentrate flavour. Deep and intense, it reveals aromas of black cherry jam, spices and cherry liqueur, leading to a dense, velvety palate with rich fruit, silky tannins and remarkable depth. Elegant yet powerful, this Amarone offers a long, harmonious finish and excellent ageing potential.

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After 50 years of work in the vineyards and in the cellar, the first Riserva of Le Ragose is out on the market. This wine is something special for our most passionate clients.

Wine    Dry red
Grapes    50% Corvina, 20% Rondinella, 20% Corvinone, 10% other authorized grapes.
Harvest    The grapes are harvested by hand, directly in the vineyard during the month of September, and placed directly into small plateaux, on single layer, until December.
This process is called "Appassimento".
Vinification    Fermentation of a special concentrate mass in stainless steel for 18/36 months. Usually this wine becomes an “Ammandorlato” or “Recioto scapá”, that is the historical sweet brother of the Amarone. For some years now the climate has been hotter and drier allowing this kind of concentrations. The wine is aged in barrels of Slavonian oak for 10 Hl for years in order to reach the perfect evolution of the sugars.
Alcohol    16,5°

Tasting notes    
Intense, extraordinarily powerful, with black cherry jam, spices and notes of cherry liqueur resulting from evolved sugars.
Dense and harmonious it’s rich, dry, but soft to the palate, with silky tannins that allow a long development in the bottle.

Food match
Wild game birds, Wild goat, Risotto all’Amarone, Gorgonzola cheese, Dark chocolate desserts, Cheesecakes, Hazelnut and Almond desserts.

Serving temperature    18°C - 20°C
Planted area    Grapes selected on the surface of 18 hectares of vineyards of several years of planting.
Exposure    West - Southwest
Soil    Different, consisting mainly of red clay and brown, and "toar" on Eocene limestone.
Plantation    Simple trellis
Plants per hectar    4200
Acidity    5.90 grams/liter