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2 unusual facts about Amarone


Villa Mosconi Bertani

The Villa is situated in Valpolicella, the viticultural center of the province of Verona and a zone producing Amarone Classico DOCG and Valpolicella Classico DOC.

The name referred to as "Amarone", a wine characteristic of Valpolicella, was coined at the estate in 1936, during the period it was leased to the Cantina Sociale Valpolicella.


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Negrara

In the Valpolicella region, Negrara is a permitted minor component in the full bodied DOCG straw wine Amarone behind Corvina Veronese (40-70% of the wine), Rondinella (20-40%) and Molinara (5-25%).


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