Marion Amarone della Valpolicella 2018 750ml

Stefano Campbell and his wife Nicoletta, who head the Marion family estate, are known to produce wines featuring impeccable fruit quality and well-dosed acidity. This Amarone is no exception and offers a profile of candy and dried cranberry. Its élevage yields a woody-toasted profile along with notes of mocha that melt in the round and lasting mouth.

Marion doesn’t sit inside the Classico zone and is very lucky to be sat right on top of some wonderful calcareous soils. Photos of these can be found on our website. Elegance, not something that is often associated with red wines from this style and region is a common word used by many critics and trade professionals over the years, all in context of course considering the winemaking process of these wines.

This wine is constructed of predominately Corvina and Corvinone with Rondinella however 100% of the wine is made using the apppassimento method. The bunches are and sorted into small bespoke trays and dried for 4 to 8 weeks. These components are fermented together in stainless steel then transferred into barrel for 36 months or so. Only 10% now sees small barrel (500ltr) with the rest in 3000ltr, all Slavonian oak.