Traditional Winemaking Method When made using this method, the Amarone della Valpolicella wine has high acidity levels giving it excellent aging potential. This method brings out flavors of red cherry, cinnamon, and green peppercorn. Amarone produced from traditional methods could easily last up to 40 years.

What is Amarone Wine? Amarone is a rich, expressive red wine from the Veneto region of northeastern Italy. Its full name is Amarone della Valpolicella, and it's produced from a blend of grapes including Corvina, Corvinone, Rondinella, and (less commonly these days) Molinara.

It is, above all, a luxurious wine, the most opulent dry wine produced in the Valpolicella, and a good one should just explode on the palate, with abundant red and black cherry flavours, as well as coffee and chocolate notes (indeed, the name Amarone means 'the big bitter one' because of the wine's distinctive ...

Amarone is aged – typically in oak barrels – for at least two years, and Amarone Riserva for four years. Valpolicella DOC is a dry red wine. Standard Valpolicella wine doesn't have to be aged, and is typically made in a fresh unoaked style in stainless steel vats.