"The Monte Zovo 2016 Amarone della Valpolicella was born in a beautiful vintage, and the wine shows sharp contours and linearity as a result. However, we are talking about Amarone, so you can expect some lingering residual sugar and general softness to cushion the impact of all the air-dried fruit (and 16% alcohol content). The blend used here is 70% Corvina, 20% Corvinone and 10% Rondinella, and fruit comes from an eight-hectare site with calcareous marl soils. It ages in barrique for 24 months. The wine delivers a good amount of spice and smoke on the full-bodied finish. Production is 20,000 bottles.
Monte Zovo is run by Diego and Mattia Cottini. The vineyards are located in the township of Tregnago with pretty hillsides and calcareous marl soils that crumble into thick shards. The family farms 140 hectares of vines here and in other locations, and 70 hectares are already converted over to organic farming."
