Alzero is an extraordinary and incredible red wine!
The Giuseppe Quintarelli company is located in the municipality of Negrar, one of the most important and suitable places for the production of wine in Valpolicella.
Alzero Quintarelli is a blend of 40% Cabernet Sauvignon, 40% Cabernet Franc and 20% Merlot. The harvest begins at the end of August with the Cabernet Franc and concludes with the Cabernet Sauvignon 10 days later, with a yield per hectare of around 40 quintals.
The grapes, after an accurate and meticulous selection, are taken to the loft and immediately left to rest in wooden boxes and on racks. Thanks to the still warm period in September, the grapes dry perfectly and quickly with an optimal result. The grapes used to produce Alzero Quintarelli are dried according to the tradition of Amarone and Recioto.
At the end of December the grapes are pressed and then undergo a slow maceration and alcoholic fermentation on indigenous yeasts which lasts about 70 days.
The aging of Quintarelli's Alzero lasts 36 months in French oak barriques (Limousin, Allier, Tronçais). For the next 4 years the wine is blended into a single mass in a medium-sized Slavonian oak barrel.
Alzero Quintarelli Giuseppe is an intense red wine, a very spicy wine of extreme complexity, which releases hints of dried fruit with hints of cocoa and vanilla.
Powerful on the palate, with a long persistence, and an explosion of jam and very ripe fruit flavours.
