TITLE: Mater
APPELLATION: Amarone della Valpolicella Classico Riserva DOCG
PRODUCER: Domini Veneti
REGION: Veneto
SHORT_DESC: Mater Amarone della Valpolicella Classico Riserva DOCG is crafted from hand-picked grapes dried for 120 days, then aged through a careful passage in oak, steel, and bottle. Full-bodied and well-balanced, it reveals notes of black fruits, spice, and tobacco, with velvet-smooth tannins and a harmonious finish.
OVERVIEW_VARIETAL: 65% Corvina, 15% Corvinone,10% Rondinella, 10% DOCG varietals
OVERVIEW_PROCESS: Hand-picked, dried for 120 days, destemmed & gently crushed; fermentation, then 12 days maceration; full malolactic fermentation; held in steel, then passed through recioto skins for 15 days; aged in oak, steel, then bottle
OVERVIEW_SERVING_TEMP: 60 - 65 °F
OVERVIEW_ALCOHOL: 16%
PROFILE_COLOR: strong ruby red, with hints of violet
PROFILE_NOSE: complex aromas of black cherry, violets & spice
PROFILE_FINISH: notes of black fruits, spice & tobacco; well-balanced & full-bodied, with velvet-smooth & harmonious tannings
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PAIRING: Grilled & braised meats, game, aged cheeses
AWARDS: 2014: BRONZE, International Wine Challenge; 95 POINTS, Luca Maroni;
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