Valpolicella Superiore DOC Classico 2022 “Sant’Urbano”
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Vinous 93James Suckling 93Wine Spectator 92
Critic scores for the 2022 vintage
The Valpolicella Classico Superiore “Sant’Urbano” is a high-class red produced from grapes grown in old pergolas and dried for about 3 weeks in the loft. Vinified in steel and aged for 18 months in tonneau.
Bottle: 750ml
Vintage: 2022
Alcohol: 13,5%
Grapes: Corvina & Corvinone 75%, Rondinella 20%, Molinara 5%.
Ageing: 24 months in 500 l. French oak barrels. Maturation in bottle for 6 months.
Aromas: Penetrating aromas of withered peonies, black cherries, aromatic herbs and sweet spices
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- Now to 2030
Our wine bar and wine shop in Venice
In San Polo since 2013. This wine over the last 12 months
- 3bottles opened at our tables
- 8bottles taken home from our shop
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Vintage 2022
From the vintage reports of the Consorzio Tutela Vini Valpolicella
A hot, dry year. Drought tested the vines, but rain in August helped them recover.
Hot, dry and early: the year of drought, managed through careful work on water.
From January to July only 190 mm of rain fell against an average of 450, a deficit of 60%, and May to July were hot. Young vines and vines on light soils suffered water stress, but rain in August helped most of them recover. Veraison came in late July, about two weeks early, and picking began around 5 September. Disease pressure stayed low; local hail fell in August and September.
Valpolicella Superiore DOC Classico “Sant’Urbano” by Speri
Speri’s Valpolicella Classico Superiore “Sant’Urbano” is a red wine from Veneto, fruity and of good intensity, produced in the magnificent hilly area north-west of Verona. It is a typical wine from Valpolicella, both for the choice of grape varieties and for the winemaking process. It is produced with native red grape varieties historically grown in Valpolicella Classica, mainly Corvina Veronese, Rondinella and Molinara, with a slight drying of the grapes. Aging in wood allows the wine to evolve towards notes of good complexity and expressive maturity, which make it a red with good structure and persistence on the palate.
The “Sant’Urbano” is a Valpolicella Classico Superiore that is born in one of the symbolic cellars of the territory. Founded in the mid-nineteenth century, the Speri estate is located in Pedemonte di San Pietro in Cariano, in the beating heart of Valpolicella and manages a heritage of about 60 hectares of owned vineyards. This particular interpretation of Valpolicella Classico, stands out for its richness and intensity, approaching the older brothers Ripasso and Amarone, rather than the young and flowing red traditionally produced in the territory. The grapes of Corvina Veronese, Rondinella, Molinara and other ancient indigenous red berried varieties come from pergola vines grown in Monte Sant’Urbano, on lands of ancient volcanic origin. A real company cru that has always provided clusters with a rich and elegant aromatic outfit.
The “Sant’Urbano” Valpolicella wine, produced by the historic Speri winery, is a red that comes from a process of drying the best grapes for a period of about three weeks. Fermentation takes place in stainless steel tanks. After the malolactic fermentation in cement, the wine matures for 18 months in Allier oak tonneau. In the glass it has a rather intense ruby red color. The bouquet offers ripe aromas of red fruit, notes of black cherry, berry jam and soft spices. The sip is rich, ample, enveloping and stretches towards a harmonious and delicately spiced finish.
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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.
