Monte dei Ragni
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Monte dei Ragni,
Ready, but will keep,
The 2014 vintage was not without its challenges – with plenty of rain throughout the year and particularly at harvest time. But Zeno at Monte del Ragni held his nerve and harvested perfectly ripe fruit very late. He chose not to make any Amarone in 2014, meaning much of the fruit originally used for his top cuvée went into this particularly fine Valpolicella Superiore. Dark garnet in colour, the wine is brimming with dark cherry, kirsch and spice notes. The palate is wonderfully fresh and complex, with dark cherry compôte layered with savoury hints of meat, wood-spice and forest floor. Delicious.
Drink now to 2025.
Matt Smith, Buyer (January 2020)
Drink now to 2025.
Matt Smith, Buyer (January 2020)
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Azienda Agricola Monte dei Ragni is a tiny jewel of a Valpolicella wine estate perched at between 250 - 350 metres above sea level on the vertiginous slopes above Fumane at the heart of the Valpolicella Classico zone.
Only 2 hectares of the total 8 available are planted with a view to making wine; part pergola, part guyot. Production is circa 3000 bts of the Valpolicella Superiore Ripasso and 1200 bts of the Amarone. The remaining 6ha of fruit is currently sold off.
Zeno Zignoli married into the Ragno family and then spent eight years preparing the ground, with the aide of a horse, before releasing his first wine with vintage 2003. Vinification is entirely in oak, predominantly used tonneau.