{"product_id":"corte-figaretto-amarone-della-valpolicella","title":"Corte Figaretto Amarone della Valpolicella","description":"\u003cp\u003eCorte Figaretto's Amarone della Valpolicella \"Brolo del Figaretto\" is drawn from the family's hillside estate between Poiano and Quinto in Valpantena, where south-facing parcels of Corvina, Corvinone, Rondinella, Molinara, Oseleta, and Croatina grow on clay-limestone soils at 180–250 meters. Vines are trained partly to Guyot (4,500 vines\/ha) and partly to traditional pergola (3,000 vines\/ha), yielding naturally small clusters that are hand-harvested in mid-October. The grapes dry for 120 days in the estate's airy fruttaio, losing more than half their weight before being crushed by gravity into 50-hectoliter stainless vats for a long, native-yeast fermentation with daily remontage and delestage to preserve lift and texture. After 24 months in French oak and six months in bottle, the wine emerges as a benchmark of Valpantena's tensioned elegance—deep ruby with notes of dried cherry, plum skin, cocoa, leather, and sweet tobacco, framed by chalky minerality and effortless balance. Full-bodied yet poised, it's an Amarone built more on resonance than sweetness, a natural fit for slow-cooked venison, roasted squab with Amarena jus, or aged Gorgonzola with figs and crushed walnuts. \"The 2020 Amarone della Valpolicella Valpantena Brolo del Figaretto is intense, with a slightly alcoholic warmth on the nose complicating its mentholated black cherry and clove-riddled bouquet. Silken in feel with a pretty inner sweetness, it quickly firms up through a tart blackberry and sour citrus core. Pleasantly chewy and long, the 2020 leaves a saturation of cocoa and allspice that lingers.\" 92pts -- Eric Guido, Vinous Media Corte Figaretto is a small, family-run estate tucked into the hills of Valpantena, the limestone-rich eastern valley of Valpolicella that rises toward the Lessini Mountains north of Verona. The Bustaggi family—Mauro, his wife Patrizia, and his brother Alberto—founded the domaine in the early 2000s after decades of selling fruit to the local co-op, building their own gravity-flow cellar in 2004 and gradually expanding to a dozen hectares of south-facing vines between the hamlets of Poiano and Quinto. These vineyards sit on clay-limestone slopes that catch warm Mediterranean light by day and cool mountain breezes by night, a diurnal rhythm that shapes the purity and structure of their Corvina-based wines. The Valpantena valley itself is cooler and higher in elevation than the main Classico zone to the west, giving naturally fresher acidity and finer aromatics—an equilibrium that makes Figaretto's fruit stand apart in a region often marked by overripe or heavy styles. Mauro's philosophy is to honor traditional Valpolicella grapes while farming with modern environmental awareness and a precision rarely seen in the area. All vineyard work is done by hand, no herbicides are used, and the estate participates in Valpolicella's RRR (Reduce, Retrench, Respect) sustainability program, emphasizing soil health and water conservation. The cellar—still one of the only fully gravity-fed facilities in the valley—allows the must to move gently without pumping, preserving the perfume and texture of the fruit. This quiet innovation, coupled with the family's organic viticulture and hillside terroir, produces wines defined by clarity, lift, and mineral tension rather than bulk or sweetness. Corte Figaretto stands at a crossroads between tradition and refinement: a small grower crafting authentic Valpolicella with the finesse and purity of a true artisan estate.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Golden Vines","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49018770620645,"sku":"24742","price":55.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/grainvine.com\/products\/corte-figaretto-amarone-della-valpolicella","provider":"Grain \u0026 Vine | Natural Wines, Rare Bourbon and Tequila Collection","version":"1.0","type":"link"}