Pasqua Amarone Black Label 2020
Red Wine from Veneto, Italy
Pasqua Amarone Black Label 2020
Red Wine from Veneto, Italy
Profile:
Appearance: Deep garnet red with ruby highlights, classic of Amarone.
Nose: Rich aromas of black cherry, dried plum, fig, cocoa, vanilla, and warm spice.
Palate: Full-bodied and smooth with dark fruit, raisin, tobacco, and a hint of smoke. Balanced by fine tannins.
Finish: Long and elegant, with lingering dark fruit, spice, and bittersweet chocolate.
Food Pairing: Pairs excellently with rich red meats, game, aged cheeses, mushroom dishes, and dark chocolate desserts.
What’s In It: Corvina 65%, Rondinella 25%, Corvinone 5%. Negrara 5%
How It Was Made:
The grapes are carefully selected and harvested in mid-September and laid down to dry in the drying loft for about 3 months. Here the bunches lose about 40% of their weight, thus concentrating substances in the grapes.
After pressing in mid-January, alcoholic fermentation in steel vats begins, for around 25-30 days at a controlled temperature. Continuous punching down is carried out to encourage extraction of colour and tannin. When finished, the wine is transferred to French oak barrels where the malolactic fermentation takes place giving softness to the wine.