I Simieri Rosso Verona Igt 2015
Color: red
Year of production: 2015
Annual production: 2500 bottles
Denomination: IGT
Aging: 3 years in tonneaux
Grapes: Corvina, Corvinone, Rondinella, Useleta, Molinara, Merlot, Teroldego
In Veronese dialect, Coali means lair. And it is truly a special lair that of the Savoy family, located probably in the most evocative place of the Valpolicella Classica, near the extraordinary Romanesque church of San Giorgio Ingannapoltron (in the sense that when you see it you seem close but to reach it on foot from the bottom of the valley is a walk demanding that tricks, in fact, “lazy people” or “poltroni”), and from which you can enjoy the beautiful scenary of Lake Garda in the clearest days.
This is where the red I Simieri is produced, the result of the classic blend of Valpolicella, Corvina (50%), Corvinone (30%) and Rondinella (10%), to which another 10% of other typical vines of the territory are added.
The peculiarity, but also this is a classic in Valpolicella, are the 4 months of drying on racks, a subsequent fermentation of about a month and an aging of 6 months in oak barrels.
The result is a wine of extraordinary roundness and softness, warm and silky, with “sweet” but never cloying notes.
The notes on the nose are those typical of the great wines of Valpolicella (Amarone at first place), but everything more mature starting from the cherry and black cherry that here express their most intense notes of overripe fruit. Very spicy hints of vanilla and cloves, tobacco and pink pepper are also very evident. In the mouth it is extremely enveloping, silky tannins, soft and despite the high alcohol content (above 16 °) everything appears extremely pleasant and drinkable.
We paired it, in a pleasant fine dinner, with a Monte Veronese aged over 40 months and was simply perfect.
This is where the red I Simieri is produced, the result of the classic blend of Valpolicella, Corvina (50%), Corvinone (30%) and Rondinella (10%), to which another 10% of other typical vines of the territory are added.
The peculiarity, but also this is a classic in Valpolicella, are the 4 months of drying on racks, a subsequent fermentation of about a month and an aging of 6 months in oak barrels.
The result is a wine of extraordinary roundness and softness, warm and silky, with “sweet” but never cloying notes.
The notes on the nose are those typical of the great wines of Valpolicella (Amarone at first place), but everything more mature starting from the cherry and black cherry that here express their most intense notes of overripe fruit. Very spicy hints of vanilla and cloves, tobacco and pink pepper are also very evident. In the mouth it is extremely enveloping, silky tannins, soft and despite the high alcohol content (above 16 °) everything appears extremely pleasant and drinkable.
We paired it, in a pleasant fine dinner, with a Monte Veronese aged over 40 months and was simply perfect.
Company profile
The estate “Coali” is located in a small village in the hills of “San Giorgio Ingannapoltron”, in the area knows as “Valpolicella”, in Verona province, north-east Italy. The art of viticulture is a richness that the Savoia family has passed on for three generations, farming the family owned property: 30 acres of which 15 are dedicated to vineyards. It is a very small winery which produces only 22.000 bottles a year. Savoia family follows personally each phase during the production and sale of the wine. All the grapes come exclusively from owned vineyards with rigorous manual selection of clusters. In all phases particular attention is payed to enhance the typical characteristics of the grapes from land: Corvina, Corvinone, Rondinella and Molinara are grown and harvested with the greatest possible respect for the environment.
The estate “Coali” is located in a small village in the hills of “San Giorgio Ingannapoltron”, in the area knows as “Valpolicella”, in Verona province, north-east Italy. The art of viticulture is a richness that the Savoia family has passed on for three generations, farming the family owned property: 30 acres of which 15 are dedicated to vineyards. It is a very small winery which produces only 22.000 bottles a year. Savoia family follows personally each phase during the production and sale of the wine. All the grapes come exclusively from owned vineyards with rigorous manual selection of clusters. In all phases particular attention is payed to enhance the typical characteristics of the grapes from land: Corvina, Corvinone, Rondinella and Molinara are grown and harvested with the greatest possible respect for the environment.
