About Allegrini
The Allegrini family has farmed Fumane, in the Valpolicella Classica, since 1854, and the modern estate took shape in the early 1960s under Giovanni Allegrini, who bought and replanted the La Grola, La Poja and Palazzo della Torre vineyards. His son Franco, one of Italy's leading winemakers until his death in 2022, set the technical standard, and the seventh generation now runs the house: Francesco, Giovanni, Matteo and Silvia. Holdings reach 150 hectares between the Valpolicella Classica and Lugana, from 180 to over 500 metres, farmed under certified sustainable rules.
Prices are for take away and shipping. The wine bar serves from its own list.
The winery
About Allegrini
History
The Allegrini family has been prominent in Fumane and Valpolicella Classica since the sixteenth century. The modern company took shape from the 1960s under Giovanni Allegrini, who is remembered as one of the people behind the rebirth of Valpolicella. He worked from a young age, tasted his wines proudly with visitors in the cellar, and earned the nickname the barrel spider for the way he moved from cask to cask.
His sons Franco and Walter carried on, and the estate is now in the hands of the next generation: Francesco, Giovanni, Matteo and Silvia.
The land and the vineyards
Allegrini owns around 150 hectares in the heart of Valpolicella Classica, all estate grown. Named vineyards include Fieramonte and Villa Cavarena at Mazzurega, Marezzane between Fumane and Marano, Monte dei Galli at San Pietro in Cariano, and the hillside of La Grola at Sant'Ambrogio. Palazzo della Torre takes its name from the vineyard around the villa at Fumane. Further west, Oasi Mantellina at Pozzolengo in the province of Brescia grows the grapes for Lugana.
La Poja is a small flat plateau above La Grola, planted in 1979 at 320 metres on chalky, gravelly soil of Cretaceous origin. Giovanni saw it as the right place for a wine made only from Corvina.
The wines
La Poja is that Corvina wine, and it is the estate's most prized bottling. Alongside it come Amarone della Valpolicella Classico, the single vineyard Fieramonte Amarone, Recioto della Valpolicella Giovanni Allegrini, La Grola, Palazzo della Torre, Valpolicella Classico and Superiore, Soave and Lugana. Franco Allegrini reworked the way grapes are dried for Amarone and Recioto, which led to the Terre di Fumane drying method, and he brought in barriques next to the traditional large Slavonian oak casks.
Today
Allegrini has held the Biodiversity Friend certification since 2017 and the Equalitas sustainability certification since 2019. The estate also makes olive oil and runs a hospitality programme for visitors.
- Founded
- Family active in Fumane since the sixteenth century; modern estate from the 1960s
- Area
- Fumane, Valpolicella Classica (Verona); also Lugana (Brescia)
- Vineyards (hectares)
- About 150
- Main grapes
- Corvina Veronese
- Owners
- Allegrini family