Amarone Classico Tre Terre Quintarelli 2013

Quintarelli Amarone Classico Tre Terre 2013 is a full-bodied red wine produced in the appassimento style from partially air-dried grapes in the Amarone DOCG of Valpolicella in the Veneto region of northern Italy. Giuseppe (Bepe) Quintarelli was one of the true icons of Italian wine until his death in 2012, celebrated for his hedonistic and long-lived Valpolicellas, reciotos and Amarones. Bepe worked with uncompromising attention to detail and patience at a time when the rest of Italy was embracing the efficiencies occasioned by the industrialisation of wine. His Amarones are matured for a minimum of seven years in Slavonian oak and are among the most sought-after wines in Italy. The estate is now run by Bepe`s daughter, Fiorenza, and her husband, Giampaolo Grigoli. Producer note. "`Tre Terre` refers to the wording Giuseppe used on some small bottlings of Recioto in the 1980s, but with this Amarone it refers to the three municipalities from which the grapes are sourced. Negrar, Marano, and Sant’Ambrogio. This bottling is stylistically different from the Classico, with more pronounced tannin, spice, and acidity."