Casa Vinicola Zonin Spa

From Gambellara, in Veneto, Casa Vinicola Zonin crafts two red expressions from Valpolicella that share ampelographic roots but diverge in intent. The Amarone is born from Corvina Veronese, Corvinone, and Rondinella harvested across nineteen municipalities, ages for twenty-four months, and reaches 14% alcohol, with a structure built on the appassimento of the grapes. The Recioto draws from the same indigenous grape varieties but chooses the sweet path, manifesting in both passito and spumante versions. The two denominations, both DOCG, measure the distance between a dry meditation red and a sweet dessert wine, despite originating from the same raw material. Zonin's work focuses on grape sourcing and the long aging times in the cellar, where adherence to the disciplinary codes dictates rhythms and thresholds. The result is a portrait of Valpolicella interpreted through appassimento, a technique that here governs both the concentration of Amarone and the sweetness of Recioto, yielding two complementary profiles of the same Veronese territory.

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