Valpolicella Ripasso DOC La Groletta Corte Giara 2023

An expedient to enrich a young Valpolicella wine in a rather short time is represented by the Ripasso typology, that is to have the young wine carry out a second fermentation in contact with the wet skins coming from the racking of the Amarone. Since these are dried grape skins (already fermented) they are concentrated and contain particular aromatic substances, alcohols that give softness and sugars not yet fermented. This second fermentation gives the young wine alcoholic strength and flavor concentration. A subsequent wood-aging makes the result harmonious. The grapes come from the suited clayey-calcareous hills of Valpolicella. Valpolicella Ripasso La Groletta belongs to the Corte Giara line of modern and immediate wines. It is a line of wines desired by the Allegrini family in collaboration with other growers of suitable areas of Veneto to produce daily wines, carefully vinified according to the most modern wine making techniques.

The harvest takes place by hand at the end of September. The de-stemmed grapes are fermented in steel vats with a short maceration and daily pumping over. Subsequently, the wine undergoes a second fermentation after adding the Amarone pomace. Finally the wine ages in large Slavonian oak barrels for 11 months.