Meroni

Sant’Ambrogio della Valpolicella – One of the 5 villages of the Classico subzone of Valpolicella. The azienda Meroni counts 11 hectares of vineyards. Carlo Meroni and his sister Katia, now run the winery and produce wines from their own grapes. The vineyards, pruned according to the “Tendone” and the “Guyot” training systems, are located in the two top cru of the area, the “Sengia” and the “Maso”. Within the sub-zone “Grola”, the latter thought to be the birthplace of the Recioto and the Amarone wine.

Meroni is one of the very few amarone’s producers who kept an untouched traditional style of winemaking, sticking to the classic grape varieties, hand picking, indigenous yeasts and an extended ageing period to slowly let the wines release their finesse and elegance. The name “Velluto” – Velvet – was mentioned in 1943 by Berto Berberani, the famous poet and writer from Verona, in a letter sent to Carlo’s grandfather. This letter, which is now on each wine’s label, describes the enchanting pleasure of drinking such wines with noble flavours that can only be compared to pure velvet.

Molinara – The youngest yet more traditional producer in Valpolicella. As in the most traditional grand fathers way , he still sses at least 20% Molinara grape in his blend cause despite all the difficulties of cultivating and maturing it, indeed it assures elegance, finesse and fragrance to al his wines.