On Tuesday 12 April 2005 15:29, Craig Allen wrote: > Tim wrote: > >The only reciato I've had was Amarone, and that was a pretty > >intensely flavored red wine. Not something to go with a simple meal. > >Are there white reciotos as well? > > Reciotto di Valpolicella Amarone is the DOC (or Italtian legal) name of the > wine. The intense flavor comes from the fact that it is made from the outer > grapes which are dried or "raisened" before being crushed. My understanding > is that the Amarone name probably comes from Vaio Amaron, the name of the > vineyard originally owned by Serego Alighieri, a member of Dante > Alighieri's family. I've never had this wine but it sounds like a wonderful > Italian red. I doubt that it comes in white. > The recioto also comes in white. Nowadays they call "amarone" the wine where the sugar of the slightly dried grapes is converted into alcohol (so it's a strong wine), and "recioto" the still sweeter type. In the past the first was called "Recioto di Val Pollicella Amarone", but sometimes you still see this label. It's a great wine and quite expensive until horrible expensive. All amarones have a DOCG label (Denominazione di Origine Controllata e Garantita) which is only applicable to the best wines in Italy (this is different from a more common DOC label). The white recioto is a new wine, created about 10 years ago and has got this DOCG label too. The origin is the same area near Verona, so there is a recioto di soave etc. Taco
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