Allegrini

Common questions

• Where is Allegrini located? add remove
  The Allegrini cellars are at Via Giare in Fumane di Valpolicella, north-west of Verona in the Veneto. This is the Valpolicella Classica zone, the original heart of the area. Vineyards spread across Fumane, Sant'Ambrogio di Valpolicella, San Pietro in Cariano and Mazzurega. One further site at Pozzolengo, on the southern shore of Lake Garda, grows the family's Lugana.
• Is Allegrini family-run? add remove
  Yes. The same family has made wine here since the sixteenth century. Giovanni Allegrini built the modern estate with his three children, Walter, Franco and Marilisa. Their heirs run it today: Silvia Allegrini, and the siblings Francesco, Giovanni and Matteo Allegrini.
• What is Allegrini's flagship wine? add remove
  The Amarone della Valpolicella Classico. It is a long-aged dry red made from dried Corvina, Rondinella and other local grapes of the Classica zone. Beside it sits the Fieramonte Amarone, a smaller production from a single high vineyard above Mazzurega.
• What is Palazzo della Torre wine? add remove
  Palazzo della Torre is Allegrini's IGT Veronese red, named after the Renaissance villa on the home estate at Fumane. Corvina leads the blend. Part of the grapes are dried first, which deepens the body and adds dried-fruit aromas. The wine stays easier to drink young than the full Amarone.
• What is La Poja? add remove
  La Poja is a single-vineyard red made only from Corvina, bottled as IGT Veronese. The plot sits at the top of the La Grola hill in Sant'Ambrogio di Valpolicella. Few Italian reds bottle Corvina on its own rather than in a blend. La Poja has become the estate's reference for what the grape can do alone.
• Can you visit Allegrini's cellars? add remove
  Yes. Guided tastings and vineyard visits run on weekdays at the cellars in Fumane di Valpolicella. The tour walks through the vineyards, the Terre di Fumane drying lofts and the winery itself. Book by emailing [email protected]; there is no online booking page. The visit centres on the wines, with no restaurant or overnight stay.