Powerful, long lasting on tasting, with jammy flavor and very ripe fruit.

Alzero is a wine of appellation
IGT
produced in Veneto by the renowned Giuseppe Quintarelli winery. Alzero IGP Veneto red wine is one of the best red wines in Italy and the world, a masterpiece from the Veneto region made from Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot grapes. The name of this still red wine originates from a small piece of land, located next to the winery’s estate that was once ignored and then enhanced in such a way as to create a true excellence of Veneto and Italian oenology. The vines are grown on the first hills of Negrar, about 350 meters above sea level where the basaltic limestone soil and the west-facing exposure of the vineyards imprint the wine with its organoleptic characteristics.

Harvesting, which takes place between late August and early September, involves careful selection of the grapes, which are then transferred to the fruttaio and placed to rest in small wooden crates and on trellises. The high temperatures typical of the period allow the grapes to dry quickly with excellent results. At the end of December, crushing and subsequent alcoholic fermentation are carried out, which, thanks to the use of indigenous yeasts, will start slowly, after about 20 days of maceration, and will last approximately 50 days.
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aging
which initially lasts 30 months and takes place in several French oak barrels (Limousin, Allier, Tronpais) then continues for an additional 30 months in a single medium-sized Slavonian oak barrel.

Giuseppe Quintarelli’s name has been a guiding light in Valpolicella for years, representing the quintessence of an area that is now rightly recognized as among the most prestigious in Italian winemaking.
In the Negrar valley, twelve hectares of vineyards, where the native varieties of corvina, corvinone, rondinella and molinara meet, yield about 50 thousand bottles annually. We are talking about a very ancient history, which began in the early 1900s with Silvio Quintarelli, then continued, since the middle of the century, under the sign of tradition and the highest quality rigor with the youngest of his sons, “Bepi,” today the undisputed master of Amarone. Born out of the deepest respect for nature and a very strict selection of grapes, Quintarelli’s are wines with a capital “V,” labels that encapsulate important centuries-old skills and unique awareness, which year after year are put into practice, as much between the rows as in the withering techniques and cellar practices. But it doesn’t end there: those of Quintarelli are also wines that surprise for their great vitality, a characteristic that, as if that were not enough, makes them naturally predisposed for a very long aging, during which they improve enormously, then expressing themselves for a long time even after the bottle is opened.