Amarone

This article is about the Italian wine. For the restaurant in Rotterdam, see Amarone (restaurant).
Two unopened bottles of Amarone

Amarone della Valpolicella, usually known as Amarone (UK: /ˌæməˈroʊneɪ, -ni/,[1][2] Italian: [amaˈroːne]), is an Italian DOCG denomination of typically rich dry red wine made from the partially dried grapes of the Corvina (45–95%, of which up to 50% could be substituted with Corvinone), Rondinella (5–30%) and other approved red grape varieties (up to 25%).[3]

Valpolicella is in the province of Verona, within the large Veneto region.

In Italian, the name Amarone literally means 'Great Bitter'; originally, this was to distinguish it from the Recioto produced in the same region, which is sweeter in taste.

  1. ^ "Amarone". Collins English Dictionary. HarperCollins. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
  2. ^ "Amarone". Lexico UK English Dictionary. Oxford University Press. Archived from the original on 2020-11-26.
  3. ^ "DISCIPLINARE DI PRODUZIONE DEI VINI A DENOMINAZIONE DI ORIGINE CONTROLLATA E GARANTITA "AMARONE DELLA VALPOLICELLA"" (PDF).[permanent dead link]