ILatium Morini, Amarone della Valpolicella, DOCG, Campo Léon, Veneto, Italy, 2016
ILatium Morini, Amarone della Valpolicella, DOCG, Campo Léon, Veneto, Italy, 2016
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Producer Profile
The seven brothers and cousins involved with ILatium Morini changed their approach in 2004 and decided to keep the best grapes to make wine themselves. Since then the torrent of accolades, including an IWC Gold for their Amarone and glowing reviews from Jancis Robinson, would suggest that they made the right decision. Now at the forefront of the new wave production of Soave, Valpolicella and Amarone, the wines combine beautiful fruit concentration with fresh, bright acidity.
Viticulture
Today the winery cultivates 40 hectares with plots spread across Valpolicella and Soave. Healthy fruit at peak ripeness is hand harvested and air dried for 100 to 120 days in small baskets.
Winemaking
Crio-maceration is followed by a controlled fermentation for 20/30 days with a frequent pump over to break skin cap. Barrel ageing for 30 months followed by 8 to 10 months in bottle.
Oak Ageing
30 Months
Tasting Note
Garnet red with an orange hue. Intense and ample ripe black fruit, sour cherries, herby and earthy, really rich and pruney, raisined, intense, lovely balance and richness.
Food Matching
Grilled red meat, roast meat, game, ripe cheeses.
Corvina (70%), Rondinella (20%), Croatina/Oseleta (10%)
16.5%
Closure
Natural cork
Colour
Red
Still wine