Valpolicella Ripasso El Campanar – Vigna 800

WINERY: Vigna 800

DESCRIPTION: Deep ruby color. Aromas of peach, ripe fruits and spices like cinnamon . It combines the features. It combines the features of the drying typical of Amarone and the easy pleasant drinking of Valpolcella. Fine, elegant, round and persistent.

BEST WITH: cold cuts cheeses and even pasta with bolognese sauce

• SOIL: Calcareous soil.
• AGE AND POSITION OF THE VINEYARDS: From family-ownedhilly “Campanar” vineyards with an average age of 20 years.
• VINEYARDS:  Authentic vineyards of Valpolicella, Corvina, Corvinone, Rondinella, planted with a
• DENSITY:  3300 vines/hectar 
• TRAINING SYSTEM: pergola,  typical in our territory
• VINIFICATION: Traditional “ripasso” method.
• After the soft-pressing of the grapes and the fermentation in steel tanks, the wine refinerments (the ripasso) on the fresh pomace left over from the just-completed Amarone fermentation in order to gain even more color and complexity.
• REFINEMENT 12 months in 50hl oak barrels to gain more body and complexity in flavors.

The farm business was born in 2001 for a bet of a man, Franco Elampini: producing good wine  with the  grapes of his own fields, just how it used to be in the past.

In the heartland of Valpolicella, the wine cellar Vigna ‘800 houses the finest wines of our tradition.

A place of taste and pleasure in order to appreciate the terroir of one of the most beautiful areas in Italy.