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Allegrini |
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Veneto |
Valpolicella |
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Allegrini is located in Fumane di Valpolicella, the Allegrini family started here in the 16th Century, if not before. One of the earliest family members to make wine here was Allegrino Allegrini, who in 1557 was using local springs to irrigate his vines. The Allegrini family acquired much land at this time, and a census from the 17th Century shows the family was a major landowner with considerable local influence as a result.
The most influential Allegrini of modern times was Giovanni Allegrini. Giovanni questioned and modernised vineyard and winery practices, and laid the foundation stones for the strong business that the family control today. One of his most significant acts was to acquire, shortly before his premature death in 1983, a vineyard on the La Grola hill for the purpose of making quality cru wines under the Valpolicella DOC. With his demise, however, his three children, Walter, Franco and Marilisa, have continued his work, very much in a modernist style. |
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All of Allegrini's wines are produced from estate-grown fruit; there is no négociant aspect to this family business. They tend over 70 ha of vineyard, in the communes of Sant' Ambrogio and Fumane. To this day the La Grola vineyard remains the source of Allegrini's greatest wines. It is of mixed terroir, with volcanic soils at the foot of the vineyard, extending up the slope. This is the source of La Grola, principally a blend of Corvina and Rondinella, subsequently aged in French oak; this is an excellent yet affordable example of what can be done with these grapes. At the top of
La Grola the soil is calcareous; here Corvina is cultivated without Rondinella, and is the source of La Poja; this is one of Valpoicella's most profound wines produced without drying the grapes first as is the practice with Amarone and Recioto.
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Allegrini's other famous vineyard is Palazzo della Torre, a clay site which is the source of the excellent Amarone Palazzo della Torre. The family own an impressive array of other sites, but it is these first two that are of most interest. The many other sites do give rise to some excellent wines, however, which cannot go unmentioned. Most notable is Allegrini's Amarone, frequently one of the top wines of the vintage. Allegrini also produce a fine Recioto Giovanni Allegrini, named after the current generation's father, as well as very good Valpolicella Classico. |
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