Amarone della Valpolicella “Scajari” Riserva
2011
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A wine for meditation.
Grape Variety
Corvina, Corvinone, Rondinelle, Oseleta
Vintage
2011
Alcohol Content
16%
Volume
750ml
Tasting Notes
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Characteristics
About This Wine
Gini’s Amarone della Valpolicella DOCG “Scajari” Riserva 2011 is time bottled. From Campiano’s high slopes (400–500 m), where roots thread through calcareous clay and shards of volcanic stone, Corvina, Corvinone, Rondinella and Oseleta are picked late, then dried naturally for three to four months. Fermentation is gentle and unhurried; the wine rests for years on its lees in large Slavonian casks and neutral French barrique, then goes to bottle unfiltered. Power is a given; what surprises is the lift—an Amarone shaped as much by altitude and stone as by appassimento. In the glass, it’s deep ruby with a savory perfume: black cherry and blackberry layered with cocoa, licorice, tobacco leaf and a cool graphite edge. The palate is dry, warm and poised—silky fruit framed by fine, persistent tannins, bright acidity and a long, confident finish. It’s built for the cellar yet already complete at table with game, slow-braised meats or aged cheeses. A noble, quietly commanding Riserva that marries richness to freshness and wears its years with grace.
About Gini
Gini is Soave through and through. Based in Monteforte d’Alpone, the family has tended these hills since 1570, passing hard-won know-how from Olinto to brothers Sandro and Claudio, and now to the next generation. Their standing in the region is no secret—International Wine Cellar once put it plainly: “Claudio and Sandro Gini have always made some of the best Soaves…”. A striking, gravity-fed cellar carved into Monteforte’s volcanic tufa keeps conditions naturally cool and steady, setting the stage for wines that prize clarity over flash. In the vineyards, Garganega is the star. Old vines on Froscà and Contrada Salvarenza sink into volcanic topsoils with calcareous depth below; some plants are a century old, a portion even pre-phylloxera and ungrafted. Farming is certified organic, with grass cover between rows, no insecticides, and pruning timed to lunar cycles. Low yields and a light touch let site and season speak, giving Soave that distinctive line of minerality and tension that made the appellation famous. The range reflects that philosophy. Soave Classico and the single-vineyard La Frosca are vinified in stainless steel for precision and lift, while the tiny-parcel Salvarenza—born of centenarian vines—rests in neutral barrels for texture and length. Sweet wines have their place too, from the rare botrytized Re Nobilis to the Recioto Col Foscarin. Beyond Soave, the high Scajari estate in Valpolicella delivers reds—Valpolicella Superiore Le Mattoline, Amarone Monte Serea, and Amarone Riserva Scajari—crafted for purity and poise. Across white and red, the signature is the same: detail, balance, and a quiet confidence that rewards time in bottle.
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