Amarone della Valpolicella DOCG Classico 2020 “Vigneto Monte Sant’Urbano”
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Wine Spectator 96Vinous 95James Suckling 94
Critic scores for the 2020 vintage
From Speri’s greatest vineyard, and one of the greatest in Valpolicella, Speri’s classic Amarone is a real old-school star. Lower in alcohol than many Amarone wines are these days (but nonetheless enormous by normal wine standards), prioritising finesse over sheer fruitbomb power. A throwback gem.
Bottle: 750ml
Vintage: 2020
Alcohol: 15%
Grapes: Corvina & Corvinone 70%, Rondinella 25%, Molinara 5%
Ageing: 24 months in 500 l. French oak tonneaux and 18 months in medium-to-large Slavonian oak casks. Maturation in bottle for 12 months.
Aromas: Absolutely classic. There’s plenty of fruit, but much more towards the plum-prune, fig, even rhubarb and rhododendron, with real tertiary notes of mocha, but also white peach, white pepper, white flowers and a touch of leather.
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- Now to 2038
Our wine bar and wine shop in Venice
In San Polo since 2013. This wine over the last 12 months
- 53glasses poured at our bar
- 2bottles opened at our tables
- 6bottles taken home from our shop
About 4 glasses a month.
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Vintage 2020
Stars from the Consorzio Tutela Vini Valpolicella, for Amarone della Valpolicella
A very good year. A dry spring, then a very rainy summer; quality varied from area to area.
An uneven year: dry until flowering, then very wet, with a harvest that varied from area to area.
January to May was drier and slightly warmer than usual. June to August brought 575 mm of rain at San Pietro in Cariano and 461 mm at Illasi, against about 230 mm in a normal year, with some hail in June and August. Downy mildew pressed hard after the rains, luckily once fruit set was over; later, botrytis and rot needed care, helped by the September weather. Picking began around 13 September.
Amarone della Valpolicella DOCG Classico “Vigneto Monte Sant’Urbano” by Speri
From Speri’s greatest vineyard, and one of the greatest in Valpolicella, Speri’s classic Amarone is a real old-school star. Lower in alcohol than many Amarone wines are these days (but nonetheless enormous by normal wine standards), prioritising finesse over sheer fruitbomb power. A throwback gem.
Winemaking: from pergola-trained vines near Fumane at quite high altitudes. After careful selection, drying takes place over 4 months on traditional arele, to about 60% of the original moisture level. Oak ageing is extensive but subtle, with 2 years spent in French oak tonneaux and 18 months in Slavonian botti. For a further year the wine is aged in the bottle prior to release.
Assemblage: corvina and corvinone 70%, rondinella 25%, molinara 5%.
Soil: igneous, calcareous.
Alcohol: 15%.
Colour: purple-red with garnet edges.
Aroma: absolutely classic. There’s plenty of fruit, but much more towards the plum-prune, fig, even rhubarb and rhododendron, with real tertiary notes of mocha, but also white peach, white pepper, white flowers and a touch of leather.
Palate: restrained, refined, austere, reminiscent somewhat of left-bank Bordeaux, but with genuine alcoholic power to back it up. Never imbalanced, however – everything is beautifully integrated tannins and enough acidity to keep it refreshing.
Ageability: has the acidity to go for well over a decade.
Pairing: the big meaty dishes, of course, but could also pair very well with duck dishes of a certain rareness.
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The Speri Winery, one of the historical families of Valpolicella, is an authoritative and faithful interpreter of Valpolicella Classica wines that has become, due to its uninterrupted traditions and strong territorial roots, a landmark in Italian winemaking.
The Speri Winery, with a story that begins in the first half of the 1800s, has now entered its seventh generation making wine from about 60 hectares of vineyards in the most select Valpolicella Classica areas.
The Winery's strength has always been, and still is, a matter of teamwork, today engaging three generations – Carlo, Alberto, Giampaolo, Giampietro, Laura, Chiara, Luca and Giuseppe – that manage all stages of production activities, from the vineyard to the bottle.
In 2015, after practicing years of sustainable farming, the Winery achieved organic certification for all of the production.
The Speri family, respecting its territorial heritage, has always cultivated exclusively the native grape varieties of the Valpolicella zone (Corvina, Corvinone, Rondinella, Molinara and other indigenous varieties), making wine only from grapes coming from its own vineyards and itself overseeing the entire production process.
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