Amarone della Valpolicella DOCG Classico Riserva “Caloetto” 2015
Wine Description
Caloetto is one of Le Ragose's Amarone Riserva selections and shows what the estate's patience does at the top of the range. The blend is Corvina 50%, Rondinella 20% and Corvinone 20% with 10% other traditional varieties; the grapes dry in single layers from the September harvest into January, ferment slowly in temperature controlled tanks, and the Riserva then rests seven to eight years in Slavonian oak casks before bottling.
At 16% it is a big wine that keeps its high hill balance: dense, ripe and lush berry fruit, dark chocolate and licorice, a warm, harmonic palate and a long, satisfying close. The 2015 has entered its window and will hold for many years; decant for an hour and serve at 18 to 20 °C. Classic company is braised or roasted game, pastissada de caval, or a piece of old Monte Veronese at the end of the meal.
Winery
Le Ragose sits at about 350 metres above Negrar, at one of the highest points of the Valpolicella Classica, on steep southwest facing terraces that the enologists Arnaldo and Marta Galli rescued from abandonment in 1969. The family still works the roughly sixteen hectares by hand, without irrigation, on clay soils rich in magnesium, calcium and iron over draining tufa. Altitude and patience define the house: careful drying of the grapes, long spells in Slavonian oak casks, and wines that favour freshness and line over sheer weight, from the Valpolicella and Le Sassine up to the long aged Amarone Riserva.
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