Monte Dall'Ora Stropa Amarone della Valpolicella Classico

50% Corvina/20% Corvinone/20% Rondinella/10% Molinara & Dindarella. While DOCG law allows a grower to use up to half of its crop for the vaunted Amarone appellation, Carlo and Alessandra choose to keep it to 15-20% at most. The source of the fruit is their core estate vineyard, from which come the grapes for their Saseti Valp. Classico and Saustò Valp. Superiore as well: 25-year-old pergola-trained, co-planted, biodynamically farmed vines of only traditional varieties. Counter-intuitive though it may be, those precious bunches for the Amarone are the first to be harvested. Four people spend 3 weeks selecting the most perfect, healthy, ripe-but-not-overripe bunches with still-bright acidity. The bunches are laid out in single layers in small, slatted, wooden boxes that are stacked in the open-sided fruttaio next to the house/cellar. The drying proceeds slowly and naturally with zero technology; the environment is well-ventilated and quite cool, preventing any fermentation and allowi