Amarone della Valpolicella DOCG Classico “La Permuta” – MAGNUM
Wine Description
La Permuta is Benedetti La Villa's single parcel Amarone, named for one of the estate's own vineyards at La Villa in Negrar, in the Valpolicella Classica. The house method is classical: hand picked fruit from the Corvina led varieties of the valley is dried for months in the family's drying lofts, fermented slowly, then aged in small and medium sized barrels before bottle rest, as is traditional for the appellation.
Expect the deep garnet color and layered nose that mark the Benedetti Amarones: morello cherry and plum compote, coffee, cocoa, nutmeg and a balsamic thread, with a full, warm palate and ripe tannin built for slow food and slow evenings. This is the magnum of 1.5 litres, a format that ages a shade more slowly and suits a long table.
Decant for an hour and serve at 16 to 18 °C beside braised beef cheeks, pastissada de caval or aged Monte Veronese; in Venice it earns its place at the end of dinner, poured without hurry.
Winery
The Benedetti family has grown vines at La Villa in Negrar since the nineteenth century, and the estate is now run by the brothers Simone and Matteo, who learned the work from their father Adriano and their grandfather before him. The property carries an unusual layer of history: in 1887 a Roman villa of the second and third century was found seven metres beneath the fields, and its mosaic floors, partly displayed in Verona's museum of ancient art, gave the family's Mosaico line its name. The cellar pairs traditional drying lofts and long wood aging with modern equipment.
