Zenato Amarone della Valpolicella 2019

Zenato

Zenato Amarone della Valpolicella 2019

Style Wine Italy Red
Producer Zenato
Origin Veneto (Lugana + Valpolicella Classica) + Bolgheri
$180 / btl
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What it tastes like.

A precious jewel among Zenato’s production, it comes from the selection of the best Valpolicella Classica grapes (Corvina, Rondinella, Oseleta and Croatina) grown in vineyards in the village of Sant’Ambrogio. The grapes are laid out to dry for 4 months and only in January pressing is begun, which is followed by a slow fermentation on the skins and then aging for 36 months in large Slavonian oak barrels. After a period of bottle aging, it is ready to be enjoyed.

Colour: Red tending towards garnet with aging.

Bouquet: Intense and enveloping, with notes of maraschino cherry, dried plum, fig, sweet tobacco, and fine spices; balsamic, leather, and cocoa hints are also perceptible.

Taste: Warm, full, and velvety, with present tannins, good freshness, and a powerful yet balanced structure; the finish is long, with echoes of ripe fruit, spices, and subtle balsamic notes.

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About Zenato.

Veneto (Lugana + Valpolicella Classica) + Bolgheri ·Est. 1960

Zenato was founded in 1960 by Sergio Zenato and his wife Carla in San Benedetto di Lugana on the southern shores of Lake Garda. Sergio Zenato was a pioneer for the Lugana DOC and championed the Turbiana (Trebbiano di Lugana) grape long before it earned international recognition. The estate now spans 95 hectares across Lugana and Valpolicella Classica, plus a small Bolgheri parcel. Second-generation Nadia (sales and marketing) and Alberto (production) Zenato now run the operation.

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  • Temperature

    16–18°C · cellar temperature, never warm

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Why Caravan backs Zenato

Veneto (Lugana + Valpolicella Classica) + Bolgheri

Sergio Zenato founded the eponymous winery in 1960 in San Benedetto di Lugana, on the southern banks of Lake Garda — at the time an unfashionable corner of the Veneto for serious quality winemaking. Sergio's strategic call was to focus on Turbiana, the local name for Trebbiano di Lugana, a grape that the broader Italian wine trade had largely written off as a workhorse white. He championed Lugana DOC across the 1970s and 1980s, building the regional designation alongside the wine. The Zenato family now sits in the Famiglie Storiche association, the consortium of historic Amarone producers.

The estate has expanded across two adjacent regions: 95 hectares now divided between the Lugana base on Lake Garda's southern shore and Valpolicella Classica (the historic centre of Amarone production in the Veronese hills), plus a small 3.8-hectare parcel in Bolgheri on the Tuscan coast. The Lugana whites are the house's defining wine type — Lugana Riserva and the Sergio Zenato Riserva are among the longest-cellaring expressions of the variety. The Amarone della Valpolicella Classico Sergio Zenato Riserva and the Ripassa Valpolicella Superiore are the headline reds; the Ripassa technique (re-fermenting Valpolicella over Amarone pomace) was popularised partly by Zenato in the 1980s.

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