Description
Rubinelli Vajol Amarone della Valpolicella DOCG 2013
Varietals: Corvina, Corvinone, Rondinella, Molinari, Oseleta
Grapes are hand harvested and laid out on straw mats to raisinate for as long as 120 days. Once a minimum of 40% water content is lost, the grapes are moved to vats to ferment at cold temperatures. The wine is aged 36 months in 3,000L botte – French and Slavonian oak barrels.
Gaetano Rubinelli (1886 – 1971) was the founder of Rubinelli Vajol, having first built the Chievo Dam along the River Adige, an effort that supplied electricity to all of the Veronese industries at the beginning of the century. Following the success of this project, he and his family decided to begin the production of wine in the heart of Valpolicella.
Today, Rubinelli Vajol is still owned and operated by the Rubinelli family. They only produce numbered bottles of the 5 classic Valpolicella wines: Amarone, Ripasso, Valpolicella Classico Superiore, Valpolicella Classico and Recioto.
