Amarone Marchesa Margherita 2020
DOCG, Paladin, 750 ml
Description
Noble drop
❯ Amarone is one of Italy's finest wines. But there are also examples at a gentle price! Like the Marchesa Margherita: a wine with a lot of elegance and restrained sweetness – as elegant as a Marchesa.
❯ Delicate scent of roses, cinnamon and cloves, dried figs and dates. Fine-grained tannin and powerful structure, paired with juice and freshness.
❯ With typical regional Venere rice, pasta with spicy meat sugo or mushrooms. And with mild blue cheese.
Attributes
| Origin: | Italy / Veneto / Amarone |
| Grape variety: | Corvina, Corvinone, Rondinella |
| Ripening potential: | 4 to 10 years |
| Drinking temperature: | 16 to 18 °C |
| Food Pairing: | Bistecca fiorentina, T-Bone steak, Saddle of lamb fillet with herb jus, Roast veal with morel sauce, Saltimbocca, Rabbit ragout with olives, Mushroom ragout |
| Vinification: | fully destemmed, long must fermentation |
| Harvest: | hand-picking, strict selection, drying of the grapes |
| Maturation: | in partly new and used barriques/ Pièces, in large wooden barrel/foudre, some months bottle storage before sale |
| Bottling: | filtration |
| Maturation duration: | 33 months |
| Volume: | 14.5 % |
| Note: | Contains sulphites |
Paladin
The vineyards of the Paladin winery are located in the border area between the Eastern Veneto and Friuli, where wine was already being grown in Roman times. At that time, the wines of this area were shipped in amphorae from the nearby sea ports to Rome, as reported by the historian Pliny.
The company was founded 50 years ago by Valentino Paladin, and today is jointly managed by his children: Carlo and Roberto.
The calcareous clay soils were formed about 20,000 years ago, after the last ice age. At a depth of 50 to 100 centimetres, one runs into limestone, the so-called Caranto, which gives the wines their body, richness and flavour intensity. The region has a rather mild climate. To the north, the Dolomites and the Alps provide protection from the cold; to the south-east, the Adriatic has a moderating influence.
Corvina
Everything stays in the family
This triumvirate is inseparable: the red Corvina grapes and their genetic offspring, Rondinella and Molinara. They come from Valpolicella in the northern-Italian Veneto. There they are processed together into the flagship wines of the region: the opulent Amarone and the sweet Recioto. The principle is always the same: the winemaker dries the grapes after harvest for a few months. Thus the water evaporates in the berries, and the sugar concentrates, similar to raisins. The Corvina always plays the lead role in this. It shines with a deep red colour, juicy, sour cherry fruit and mild tannins. It contributes the same qualities to the Bardolino, a dry red from near Lake Garda. A bold tip: try Amarone with grilled Wagyu beef.
Veneto
Veneto: land of the Amarone and Prosecco
Veneto stretches from the Alpine foothills, through the flat Po Valley, to the Gulf of Venice on the Adriatic coast. Two types of wine in particular have been able to celebrate spectacular successes here in recent years: Amarone growths impress with their opulent body and force, while the cheerfully bubbling Proseccos please with their fruity, grape freshness. But the region also produces drinkable everyday wines, including the white Soave and the red Bardolino.
Italy
Italy – Where wine is a way of life
The Italian wine regions are extremely diverse, and this is made clear in their wines. Established varieties such as Merlot, Syrah, and Sauvignon can be found on just 15 percent of the total vine growing area. The remaining 85 percent is reserved for autochthonous, indigenous varieties. More than 2,000 different grape varieties are grown under diverse conditions and pressed with various techniques into wines that reach the top tier of the international wine market.
