Contrada Palui Amarone della Valpolicella 2019 Size:Regular keeping barrels covered and topped

keeping barrels covered and topped up

and then reconceptualizing their use

Sophisticated (as usual) yet delicious

The wine is aged in French and American oak barrels and refined in bottle before release

"Blanc has always been the focus since we began importing Clos Sainte Magdeleine's wines in the late 1970s

Contrada Palui Amarone della Valpolicella 2019 Size:Regular keeping barrels covered and toppedHilltop Valpolicella in Clay Amphorae. Originally from Alto Adige, Hannes Pichler moved to Valpolicella a decade ago to farm a 3 hectare abandoned cow pasture on top of a hill east of Negrar, at between 500 550 meters, the highest elevation of the DOC. With an outsiders fresh approach, Hannes planted a selection of Corvina, Rondinella and Corvinone, specifically avoiding the Bordelaise varieties that he says almost everyone in the region uses today.