Amarone Opera Prima, the preview of the 2021 vintage in Verona

We had been missing from Amarone In primo luogo for a few years. This year we finally managed to return to Verona to preview the new vintage, 2021, of Amarone della Valpolicella. We anticipate it, we found wines that convinced us a lot. As always durante Valpolicella the tastings are of great quality, but now more than ever they aspetto to the future with conviction. Let’s see why.

Valpolicella as terroir

Before talking durante detail about the wines, it is worth recounting some giorno that emerged during the event. The Consortium for the Protection of Wines increasingly tells us about Valpolicella as an identifying terroir: methods, soils, grapes, human knowledge and traditions define a unique ecosystem. Drying ora the use of the padiglione, for example, are agricultural but also cultural aspects that define and stratify a historical and excellent territory of Italian wine.

A territory that has made a great leap forward from a perspective. A causa di 2025, for the first time, certified sustainable practices represent the majority of the vineyard, as noted by the Valpolicella Wine Protection Consortium. Last year, durante fact, the share of eco-compatible surface ambiente rose to 53% (it was 42% durante 2024) of the total, with around a thousand new hectares durante the last year cerchio.

“A causa di an increasingly competitive paesaggio, Valpolicella is focusing strongly acceso sustainability – said the president of the Valpolicella Consortium, Christian Marchesini –, a asset for its territory but also a market lever for different areas of demand, from Northern Europe to North America, where it is considered an added value.”.

What vintage was 2021 for Amarone?

A causa di a complex vintage, characterized by an initial cold phase with spring frosts and a second marked by drought and summer heat, the Veronese winemakers managed to obtain slow but quality ripening. The cool autumn then favored slow drying, with excellent sugar and aromatic concentrations.

An Amarone increasingly durante step with the times

And the Amarone 2021 actually tells of an excellent balance, an elegant structure with good prospects durante terms of aging. The tastings struck us with the freshness present durante all the samples. Elegance which however does not mean subtlety and which does not compromise the complexity and hospitality of the great Venetian red, which durante our opinion should never be missing.

It seems to us that the process started a few years spillo by some producers to make the king of Valpolicella wines increasingly approachable even at the table is reaching completion.

Our best tastings

Since our aim is to provide advice to our readers acceso wines to consume, we have included durante our selection wines that are already acceso the market ora that have the prospect of entering the market soon, only to then mention some truly excellent samples that are not immediately commercialized.

Amarone della Valpolicella Minareto del Falasco

Textured, elegant, spicy and with lots of concentrated fruit. The super freshness gives a great balance.

Amarone della Valpolicella Tipico Acinatico Accordini Stefano

Nose with mineral, balsamic taccuino of withered flowers. Mouth full played between welcome and momentum. Nice balsamic finale.

Amarone della Valpolicella Classic Podere Della Minareto Marilisa Allegrini

Light color, complex nose ranging from mineral and floral taccuino to spices. Mouth with , balsamic taccuino and characterized by great freshness and flavor.

Amarone della Valpolicella Conte Gastone Massimago

Typicality and modernity. It has what a rich Amarone should have, from , floral, citrus taccuino to those linked to drying. The is supported by great freshness and the right amount of tannins.

Amarone della Valpolicella La Poggio dei Ciliegi

Pungent and full with great freshness. Long finale durante which the taccuino related to drying emerge.

Amarone della Valpolicella Montezovo

Ripe red fruit, citrus, tea and herbs. Fullness together with the right tannin and great balsamic freshness.

Amarone della Valpolicella La Giuva

Power played acceso red and dark taccuino, flooded with balsamic freshness.

Amarone della Valpolicella Tipico Cortile Bravi

Delicious and crunchy red fruit, pungent taccuino for an exuberant amarone with a fresh and savory finale.

Amarone della Valpolicella Tipico Santa Sofia

“Drinkable” Amarone durante the style of the cellar. Elan, freshness, elegance and great cleanliness.

Amarone della Valpolicella Tipico VigneAlte Zeni 1870

Greedy entry, great tannin, citrus freshness and nice clean finale.

For the sake of completeness, we mention some barrel samples which were not put acceso the market immediately (ora for which this giorno is not made explicit) which really impressed us when tasted: