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Winography

Appellation: Amarone

Veneto · Italy

Climate · Amarone1989–2018 normals
Growing season temp

20.6°C

Growing season rainfall

559mm

Climate type

Hot

Growing-season mean of 19 °C or above

Diurnal range

10.3°C

Day–night swing; higher preserves acidity.

Representative-location climate normals, 1989–2018 (TerraClimate), read at Verona. Source: Puga et al., OENO One 2022.

Wine styles
  • Dry, powerful red from dried grapes (appassimento)

Grapes of Amarone

Corvina VeroneseRondinellaMolinara

A rich, high-alcohol Veneto red made from grapes dried for months before fermentation.

Amarone della Valpolicella is defined by appassimento: after harvest, the Corvina-led grapes are laid out to dry for several months, losing water and concentrating their sugars, flavors, and tannins. Only then are they pressed and fermented, yielding a wine of remarkable depth and warmth.

The result is full-bodied and potent, with dried cherry and fig, chocolate, and a characteristic hint of bitterness — Amarone means "the great bitter one." It is one of Italy's most distinctive and powerful dry reds.

At the table

Amarone appears in one wine style. These foods pair with that style.

As a dried-grape red

Hard aged cheeseBraised beef and stewsVenison and gameChocolate desserts

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Production is recorded by region, not by appellation.