Tasting notes :
Montresor Valpolicella Ripasso ‘Capitel della Crosara’. A warm, inviting, richly fruity nose, with aromas of fresh morello cherry, ripe plum and hints of dried fruits. The palate is similarly full-flavoured with concentrated, crunchy black cherry, brown spice and vanilla notes and a hint of liquorice. The long finish has the classic bitter cherry fruit finish typical of ripasso.
Food Match:
Try with lamb shank, calf’s liver or a mushroom pasta dish. Hard cheeses would also suit.
Region/Producer :
The grapes are cultivated on traditional trellised vines planted in marl soil at Montresor’s ‘Capitel della Crosara’ vineyard on the hills of Negrar within the Classico zone. Grapes are picked by hand in October. And made by the Ripasso (literally ‘repassed’) method, which involves adding the un-pressed skins from the dried grapes which were used to make an Amarone to a young Valpolicella wine. That is to say this helps to add extra flavour and alcohol to the wine (causing it to start re-fermenting) and gradually the luscious flavours of Amarone are imparted to the wine. After this the wine is aged for 12 months in French and American oak casks along with some small barriques.
One of Verona’s historic houses, founded by Giacomo Montresor in 1892. With a reputation built on high quality, affordable Valpolicella and Amarone. Therefore in recent years the range has grown steadily with vineyards being developed in Friuli and northern Veneto, around Conegliano.
However the winery was family-owned until 2018 when Montresor was acquired by Cevico, a co-operative group based in Emilia Romagna, with 2 highly regarded Veneto co-ops as co-investors. Since then a major investment programme has transformed the company. With modern production facilities and a new winemaking team rejuvenating quality across the board. All while access to high quality grapes from the Veneto co-owners has enabled some excellent new wines to be developed.
For more information about the producer : https://www.vinimontresor.com/
