ʻO Valpolicella kahi'āina kaulana i ka waina ma Verona, ma waena o ke kuahiwi o nā Alps a me ka Lake Garda (Lago di Garda) ma ka'āpana o Italian Italian Veneto.
ʻO nā waina uila i kapaʻiaʻo "Valpolicella" ka mea i hanaʻia mai Corvina Veronese (40-70%), Rondinella (20-40%) a me Molinara (5-20%) mauʻano waina. Hiki i ka vintner ke hoʻohui i 15% mau hui like, e like me Rossignola, Negrara, Trentina, Barbera a me Sangiovese.
Nui nāʻanoʻano waina'ē aʻe i hanaʻia ma kēia wahi, e like me ka wainaʻona maikaʻi i kapaʻiaʻo recioto a me Amarone, he waina momona maikaʻi, i hanaʻia mai nā hua waina maloʻo.
ʻO nā kumu nuiʻo Valpolicellas he mauʻaina waina e like me Beaujolais hou, aʻo ka meaʻoiaʻiʻo - pono aʻaʻoleʻole - ua like ko lākou inoa me nā waina nuiʻole.
Wahi a kekahi hoaaloha aʻu e mālama nei i kahi kūʻai waina ma New Jersey, ka nui o nā mea'ē aʻe e manaʻoʻole i ka nui o Valpolicella -ʻike lākou he mea mālamalama, hua wainaʻulaʻula me kaʻano liʻiliʻiʻole. ʻO ka pilikia nui loa ka laweʻana o kekahi o nā wineries i ka paipaiʻana i ko lākou mau inoa ma nā leka nui a me ka hanaʻana i nā mea e pono ai e hūnā i ka hua'ōlelo "Valpolicella."
He mea minamina, no ka mea, he mea liʻiliʻi loa kēia waina, a he meaʻoluʻolu ia. Ma keʻano maʻamau o nā waina ka mea e ola ai i nā puʻupuʻu ikaika, e piha i ka palale me ka hua maikaʻi, ka'eliʻoli, a me kaʻoluʻolu maikaʻi.
Hoʻoikaika lākou i ka liʻiliʻi ma mua o nā waina mai kahi o Tuscany a me Piemonte.
Loaʻa i lalo i kahi kiko'ī :
- ʻO Valpolicella Classico ka mea a nā malihini e noʻonoʻo ai ke manaʻo lākouʻo Valpolicella. He lama, inu waina i kēlā me kēia lā, i hoʻopiliʻia i ke kila, i mālamaʻia i loko o nā pahu, a laila kaʻeleʻele i ka puna. Hoʻolālāʻo ia e loaʻa i kahi bouquet ola, me nā hua puaʻa a me nā hīpuʻu o ka cherry a me nā huaʻona - he mea maikaʻi kēia waina. Ma ka palale he māmā, hua, a me kaʻoluʻolu o ka paʻi waiʻona e waiho i kahi pauʻana. ʻAʻole nui ma ke ala o nā tannins. Pono e lawelaweʻia me nā papa mua - pākī me nā meaʻai a me nā kānana i kaʻiʻo, aiʻole nā papahana mea kanu.
- Valpolicella Classico Superiore he holoholonaʻokoʻa loa ia mai luna nei. ʻOiaiʻo ia i hanaʻia mai loko mai o ka hua waina, uaʻelemakule ia i loko o ka ululaau no ka makahiki hoʻokahi; ʻikeʻia kaʻoi aku o ka hoʻonaʻauao a me ka maikaʻi, a ma kekahi mau mea i kahi kiʻekiʻe. ʻO ka wahie ka mea nui nui paha , aiʻole nā kālepa liʻiliʻi, a kekahi mau mea hoʻohana e hoʻohana ai i ke kīnaʻi i ka waina. Aia kekahi mau hoʻopaʻapaʻa e pili ana i kēia wahi, no ka mea he Valqueticella kahi puana pua-fīlū kūikawā iʻikeʻia i kahi hapa i uhiʻia e nā'ōlelo vanilla i'ōleloʻia e nā barrique. No laila,ʻaʻole e hoʻohanaʻia e nā loina kahiko. Ma kahi o ka waina, e hoʻohui i nā kīʻaha a me nāʻanoʻano i waihoʻia mai ka fermentation o Reicioto (ʻoi aʻe ma lalo). Ua māmā nā kīnaʻi a me keʻano o ka puni, i ka wā e hāʻawi hou aku nāʻili i nā meaʻala'ē aʻe i ka puaʻa, a hoʻonui i nā mea maʻalahi i ka waina ma ka palaʻa. ʻO kēiaʻano,ʻo ia wale nōʻo Valpolicella, ua kapaʻiaʻo Ripassa, a hiki iā ia ke hāʻawi i nā hopena kupaianaha. ʻOiaiʻo Valpolicella Classico Superiore hiki ke inu i kaʻai a pau, eʻoi aku ka maikaʻi me nāʻano o waena, e like me nā lālā.
- ʻO Recioto della Valpolicella kekahi o nā waina nui loa a Italy. Ua hanaʻia mai kaʻiliahi waina i hōʻiliʻiliʻia a kauʻia i kahi maloʻo ma luna o nāʻeke a hiki i ka hopena o ka hāʻuleʻana, i ka nui o ka noʻonoʻoʻana o ka haukahu i ko lākou mau suga a ua hoʻololiʻia nāʻano likeʻole. Ma hope o ka paʻiʻana,ʻo ka waina uaʻelemakule i loko o nā pahu a me nā paleʻa a laila ka momona. Ke kani nei nā kani, akā he aha ka mea e puka mai ana i ka "waina hoʻopunipuni" (Ke lawe nei wau mai kahi kumukūʻai waina Italia nui maʻaneʻi), he poniʻulaʻula, a me ka makanaʻeleʻele o nā akua me nā cherriesʻeleʻele i ka ihu, i kāwiliʻia me nā meaʻala a me nā meaʻala. o ka laikini. Ma luna o ka pāpale, he meaʻonoʻo Reicioto, me nā meaʻoluʻolu maikaʻi a me nā'anakena maikaʻi i hāʻawiʻia iā ia i keʻano o nā mea. ʻO ka pauʻana o ka paʻaʻana a maʻemaʻe. Oh yes - He ikaika ikaika hoʻi ka pahu, he 14% ka waiʻona. Hiki i nā helehelena nani, a hāʻawi kekahi i ka manaʻoʻo Gorgonzola Dolce .. Ma hope o ka paʻiʻana,ʻo ka waina uaʻelemakule i loko o nā pahu a me nā paleʻa a laila ka momona. Ke kani nei nā kani, akā he aha ka mea e puka mai ana i ka "waina hoʻopunipuni" (Ke lawe nei wau mai kahi kumukūʻai waina Italia nui maʻaneʻi), he poniʻulaʻula, a me ka makanaʻeleʻele o nā akua me nā cherriesʻeleʻele i ka ihu, i kāwiliʻia me nā meaʻala a me nā meaʻala. o ka laikini. Ma luna o ka pāpale, he meaʻonoʻo Reicioto, me nā meaʻoluʻolu maikaʻi a me nā'anakena maikaʻi i hāʻawiʻia iā ia i keʻano o nā mea. ʻO ka pauʻana o ka paʻaʻana a maʻemaʻe. Oh yes - He ikaika ikaika hoʻi ka pahu, he 14% ka waiʻona. Hiki i nā helehelena nani, aʻo kekahi hoʻi e hōʻike ana iā Gorgonzola Dolce.
- Recioto Amarone kahi maloʻo o Reicioto. He mea kupaianaha ka ihu:ʻO ka mahana,ʻo ka waina, me nā cherries stewed, ka laikini, nā pōhaku pilikino a me nā mea'ē aʻe. I ka pōkole, mahalo a mahalo. Ma luna o ka pāpale, ua nui ka waina me nā huaʻona momona a me nā meaʻona i loko o kaʻona (ʻo keʻano o ka hua'ōleloʻo bitter), aʻo ka maikaʻi,ʻo ka'ōlelo Italia he mea hōʻailona ia. ʻO keʻano o nā kīʻaha, aʻo ka pauʻana o keʻano o ka hoʻomauʻana. ʻO wai hou, he waina ikaika. A eia hou,ʻelua mau aʻo kula:ʻO ka poʻe hoʻohana i nā barle, a me nā mea hanaʻole. ʻO nā waina o ka mua i loaʻa i kahi vanilla kahi i hoʻoukaʻia i loko o ka'āpana, me kahi hōʻailona o nā meaʻala, aʻo kaʻoihana o kēia hope aku heʻoi aku ka nui o nā meaʻala. Heʻoiaʻiʻo, makemake au iā lāua. Ma keʻano o ka lawelaweʻana, hele maikaʻiʻo Amarone me nā kīʻaha pālahalaha a me nā meaʻai, aʻoi aku ka nui me nā puaʻa. ʻO nā makahikiʻelemakule, a ua haʻiʻia mai iaʻu e ho'āʻo me Gorgonzola Piccante,ʻo Roquefort kona inoa.
Nui nā mea hana. Ma waena o nā mea maikaʻi loa: Quintarelli, Bertani, Masi, Tommasi, Zenato, Tedeschi, Tommaso Bussola, Lorenzo Begali, Allegrini, Igino Accordini, Sartori, Nicolis, Degani, Guerrieri Rizzardi, Monte Cariano, a me Santa Sofia.
Ma ka hopena hope loa, hiki paha iāʻoe ke noʻonoʻo e pili ana ma ka māla waina. No ka inoaʻo Valpolicella Classico, he 120 hapahā no kēlā me kēia hectare (e pili ana i 5 mau tononi ma kaʻeka), me ka hua o ka waina o 70%. He kiʻekiʻe kēia, a he mea kupanaha nō paha nā mea nāna e hoʻohuli i nā mea i ka palena palena e hoʻonā i ka waina. ʻO nā meaʻoi aku ka maikaʻiʻoi aku ka mea iʻoi aku ka hopena no ko lākou Valpolicella Classico, ma ke kauoha o 70 quintals per hectare, a me ka likeʻana o nā mea i emi iho no Valpolicella Classico Superiore. No Recioto a me Amarone, ua hoʻonuiʻia ka hua i 40 quintals no hoʻokahi heketa (e pili ana i 1.5 mau keneta i kaʻeka). I keʻano o nā meaʻelua, ua hoʻemiʻia ke kaumaha o nā hua waina ma ka hoʻolālāʻana, no laila, ua nui loa ka hanaʻana. Pono e hoʻolālāʻia ka paradise i nā liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi, ma hope o nā mea a pau.