Michele Castellani Cinque Stelle Amarone della Valpolicella Classico 2007

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Michele Castellani Cinque Stelle Amarone della Valpolicella Classico 2007 Front Label
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Region

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Vintage
2007

Size
750ML

ABV
15.4%

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Somm Note

Winemaker Notes

Strong garnet red color, sometimes with orange nuances due to maturation. This wine has a very clean bouquet, with notes of undergrowth, sour black cherry, plum preserved in alcohol, spicy cinnamon and slight pepper, licorice and old leather. A robust and complex body, it reminds you of all its scents. Very well-balanced and slightly tannic.

Professional Ratings

  • 95
    Tar and leather notes, with dense tannins, frame and focus this powerful red, which is layered with subtle hints of kirsch, coffee liqueur, dried herbs and grilled nuts. It's tightly meshed right now, but with a seamlessness that creates an overall elegant style—the proverbial iron fist in a velvet glove. The very long finish echoes smoke and kirsch notes. Best from 2015 through 2032. 500 cases made.

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Michele Castellani

Michele Castellani

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Michele Castellani, Italy
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Located in the heart of the Valpolicella Classica, the Castellani winery was established in 1945 by Michele Castellani as a small cellar making wines which he sold to the other prominent Valpolicella producers. In the 1990s his son Sergio decided to expand operations and start bottling under the Castellani name and turned this family-run operation into a state-of-the-art winery of world renown. Sergio still personally oversees every step of the production supported by his wife Maria, son Michele and daughters Martina and Mara. The estate consists of 40 hectares of hillside vineyards, in particular Ca del Pipa and I Castei, offering ideal exposure, ventilation and soil composition. Selective pruning and careful selection in the vineyard ensure that grapes are picked at the peak of their organoleptic potential. Drying of the grapes is carried out in large and modern plants to ensure grape quality and vinification and ageing are done in a perfect combination of tradition and innovation (both large barrels and barriques). This result in a range of products closely linked to their territory, but offered in an interesting and modern interpretation.
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With hundreds of red grape varieties to choose from, winemakers have the freedom to create a virtually endless assortment of blended red wines. In many European regions, strict laws are in place determining the set of varieties that may be used, but in the New World, experimentation is permitted and encouraged resulting in a wide variety of red wine styles. Blending can be utilized to enhance balance or create complexity, lending different layers of flavors and aromas. For example, a red wine blend variety that creates a fruity and full-bodied wine would do well combined with one that is naturally high in acidity and tannins. Sometimes small amounts of a particular variety are added to boost color or aromatics. Blending can take place before or after fermentation, with the latter, more popular option giving more control to the winemaker over the final qualities of the wine.

How to Serve Red Wine

A common piece of advice is to serve red wine at “room temperature,” but this suggestion is imprecise. After all, room temperature in January is likely to be quite different than in August, even considering the possible effect of central heating and air conditioning systems. The proper temperature to aim for is 55° F to 60° F for lighter-bodied reds and 60° F to 65° F for fuller-bodied wines.

How Long Does Red Wine Last?

Once opened and re-corked, a bottle stored in a cool, dark environment (like your fridge) will stay fresh and nicely drinkable for a day or two. There are products available that can extend that period by a couple of days. As for unopened bottles, optimal storage means keeping them on their sides in a moderately humid environment at about 57° F. Red wines stored in this manner will stay good – and possibly improve – for anywhere from one year to multiple decades. Assessing how long to hold on to a bottle is a complicated science. If you are planning long-term storage of your reds, seek the advice of a wine professional.

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Valpolicella Wine

Veneto, Italy

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Among the ranks of Italy’s quintessential red wines, Valpolicella literally translates to the “valley of cellars” and is composed of a series of valleys (named Fumane, Marano and Negrare) that start in the pre-alpine Lissini Mountains and end in the southern plains of the Veneto. Here vineyards adorn the valley hillsides, rising up to just over 1,300 feet.

The classification of its red wines makes this appellation unique. Whereas most Italian regions claim the wines from one or two grapes as superior, or specific vineyards or communes most admirable, Valpolicella ranks the caliber of its red wines based on delimited production methods, and every tier uses the same basic blending grapes.

Corvina holds the most esteem among varieties here and provides the backbone of the best reds of Valpolicella. Also typical in the blends, in lesser quantities, are Rondinella, Molinara, Oseleta, Croatina, Corvinone and a few other minor red varieties.

Valpolicella Classico, the simplest category, is where the region’s top values are found and resembles in style light and fruity Beaujolais. The next tier of reds, called Valpolicella Superiore, represents a darker and more serious and concentrated expression of Valpolicella, capable of pairing with red meat, roast poultry and hard cheeses.

Most prestigious in Valpolicella are the dry red, Amarone della Valpolicella, and its sweet counterpart, Recioto della Valpolicella. Both are created from harvested grapes left to dry for three to five months before going to press, resulting in intensely rich, lush, cerebral and cellar-worthy wines.

Falling in between Valpolicella Superiore and Amarone is a style called Valpolicella Ripasso, which has become immensely popular only since the turn of the century. Ripasso literally means “repassed” and is made by macerating fresh Valpolicella on the pressed grape skins of Amarone. As a result, a Ripasso will have more depth and complexity compared to a regular Superiore but is more approachable than an Amarone.

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