product details
key information
- Region: Veneto
- Sub-Region: Valpolicella
- Style: red
- Vintage: 2007
- Taste guide: B/C
- Grape variety: 60% Corvina Veronese, 35% Rondinella, 5% Molinara
- Alcohol Content (%): 13
- Organic/Vegan/Vegetarian:
The Allegrini estate is located in Fumane di Valpolicella, and the Allegrini family started here in the 16th Century, if not before. All of Allegrini's wines are produced from estate-grown fruit; there is no négociant aspect to this family business. They tend over 70 hectares of vineyard, in the communes of Fumane, Sant' Ambrogio and San Pietro, all situated within the Valpolicella Classico DOC.
Allegrini have a reputation for producing a decent Valpolicella Classico which, although light, should not be overlooked. In recent vintages, starting with 2007, this has been reclassified as a straight Valpolicella, as Allegrini's decision to use a screwcap closure - which is surely the right choice for this wine - still contravenes the DOC regulations for Valpolicella Classico, although from that vintage it was permissible for Valpolicella.
Bright, youthful cherry-red in colour, with open perfumes of ripe, slightly spiced cherries, the characteristic perfume of good young Valpolicella. On the palate the wine is medium-bodied, with sweet, ripe fruit flavours which bolster the juicy, fresh acidity and soft, rounded tannins.