Latium - Amarone della Valpolicella Campo Leon - 2014
Producer
Eugenio Morini
Production area
Mezzane di Sotto (Vr)
Land
Calcareous clayey
Withering of the grapes
4 months
Grape variety
Corvina and Corvinone 70% - Rondinella 20% - Croatina and Oseleta 10%
Age of the vines
15 years
Yield per hectare
25 q
Bottles Produced
18000
Alcohol content
16.5%
Vinification
De-stemmed and pressed grapes from mid-January. Cold maceration followed by controlled fermentation 20/30 days with frequent pumping over and handling of the crushed grapes (temperatures between 18 and 25 ° C).
Elevation
Aging in barrels of 220 to 500 liters of French and North American oak, for about 30 months and 8 - 10 months in the bottle
Note
It is limpid and intense with a vigorous ruby red. Intense and complex, on the nose, ethereal notes and ripe red berried fruits, cherry, spicy notes of nutmeg, cocoa, vanilla and black pepper are perceived. Warm and soft in the mouth with the presence of an elegant tannin. A wine with a refined structure.