Monte del Frà - Scarnocchio Classico | Amarone della Valpolicella Riserva DOCG
Red wine | Italy, VENETO | 2017
Deep garnet with hints of ruby red. Blue floral notes and light
herbaceousnes followed by a touch of spices, reminisces of dried
peach, apricot and otehr stone fruit leave room for exciting black cherry,
dark plum, balckberry and hints of refreshing and endulging mint. The
flavours remain true to the nose, a real explosion of black and red fruit,
the secondary and tertiary aromas are much more expressed into black
tea leaves, licorice, vanilla, chocolate and hint of coffee and tobacco.
Retaining good acidity and balance till the long deserved finish.
€70.83
58.54
excl. VAT
Specifications
Serving temperature
16-18 °C
Year
2017
Type
Red wine
Country
Italy
Vintage
2017
Storage (years)
> 10
Volume
0.75
Grape & craft
Region
VENETO
Grape varieties
Corvinone, Corvina, Rondinella
Viticulture
Traditional
Vinification
Soft crushing and destemming of the grapes from January to
the end of March depending on the vintage. A slow alcoholic
fermentation follows in small steel barrels at controlled
temperature. Long maceration of the skins to allow maximum
aromatic and polyphenolic extraction. Afterwards, the wine
passes into french oak where it completes the malolactic
fermentation. After the summer racking, 90% of the Scarnocchio
amarone ages for at least 36 months in 30 hl french oak while
the remaining 10% ages in french oak. After being bottled, aging
follows for at least 12 months before marketing.
Flavour profile
Taste profile
Complex generous
Food pairing
Cheese - spicy | Game - boar | Horse meat | Meditation wine | Entrecote - grilled
About Az. Monte del Frá
On the hills near Sommacampagna, between Custoza and Staffalo, there is a wine estate surrounded by the moraine hills of Lake Garda. The estate was founded as a monastery by friars from Santa Maria Della Scala, who grew their own food to live off-the land in perpetuity. But they also made wine, which is how their legacy keeps living on today. Almost two centuries later, in 1958, Massimo Bonomo rented two rooms and the adjacent fields. His family opened a Frasca, a typical Venetian bulk wine shop. They made wine and grew peaches, strawberries, and wheat.
Then, on August 8, 1988, the big turnaround: Massimo Bonomo's sons, Eligio and Claudio, decided to turn their father's business around. They converted all family lands into vineyards and established the Monte del Frà wine estate as their only financial foothold.
After years of growth and hard work, the family would soon add new DOC-classified territories: Valpolicella, Custoza, Lugana, Soave, and Bardolino. Today, the family owns 137 hectares/338 acres and works another rented 68/168.
Today, after over 60 years, the Bonomo family is still managing Monte del Frà: the second generation, with the brothers Eligio and Claudio, has been joined by the third with Marica,
