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Casa Vinicola Sartori
Sartori's export label from Negrar: a Corvina-led Valpolicella Superiore at 12.5%, under screw cap, with plum, cassis and herbs and soft tannin. An easy midweek red from a house founded in 1898. £13.72 at Great Wines Direct.
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A Corvina-led red from Sartori, a house in Negrar founded in 1898. The merchant sheet gives 12.5%, a screw cap and plum, cassis and herb notes: a light, soft, fruit-first Valpolicella.
Plum and cassis first, then a sour red-cherry note and a herby edge, the mix the Great Wines Direct sheet describes. That sour-cherry lift is typical Corvina, the grape Ian D'Agata calls the backbone of Valpolicella. Vivino drinkers add a touch of vanilla, though no oak ageing is claimed.
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VanillaThe merchant sheet calls it medium to full bodied with supple tannin. At 12.5%, lighter than the 13.5% Nicolas quotes for the 2021, expect the lighter end of that. Corvina's acidity keeps it fresh. There is no dried-grape richness here, because this is the plain Superiore from Sartori's Negrar cellar, not a Ripasso.
The sheet promises a lingering finish, on plum and a faint bitter-cherry note. Screw cap, so it opens fresh and keeps a few days in the fridge.
A simple, well-made midweek Valpolicella from Sartori, a house founded in Negrar in 1898. Drinkers rate it 3.3 out of 5 across 463 Vivino ratings, and the 2022 scores best at 3.6. Drink now to 2027 with tomato-sauced pasta.
Great Wines Direct lists the 2022 at £13.72. Nicolas priced the 2021 at £19.70, so the current listing sits at the cheap end for this label.
High for everyday drinking and beginners at 12.5% and £13.72, low for the cellar and for special occasions. A Tuesday-night pasta red.
Under £14, light in alcohol and screw-capped, it is built for a weeknight pasta.
12.5%, soft tannin, plum fruit and a screw cap: about as easy as Italian red gets.
Bright Corvina acidity and soft tannin make it a table red for tomato, cheese and roast chicken, though it is too light for steak.
£13.72 is the cheapest Valpolicella Superiore we track; the next starts at £17.25, and Nicolas charged £19.70 for the 2021. Cheap for the category, though the 3.3 Vivino score says fair value rather than a steal.
A big-house export label at £13.72 with no oak claimed and no single-vineyard story; save the occasion for Sartori's Amarone.
No oak ageing is claimed and Vivino drinkers rate the youngest 2022 highest; drink within three years of the harvest.
Scoring is rule-based and deterministic. The model and weightings are documented in our Wine Fit Score methodology.
A compact view of what the Valpolicella denomination actually requires, and how this bottle sits inside it. Pulled from the official Italian disciplinare.
The 2022 is 12.5% against 13.5% for the 2021, so it is the fresher, lighter year. Drink it now to 2027; Superiore rules mean it had a year's ageing before release.
Great Wines Direct lists the 2022 at 12.5%, lighter than the 13.5% Nicolas quotes for the 2021, so this is the fresher, lighter year. Drink now to 2027; Superiore rules mean it had a year's ageing before release.
Great Wines Direct lists the 2022 at 12.5%, lighter than the 13.5% Nicolas quotes for the 2021, so this is the fresher, lighter year. Drink now to 2027; Superiore rules mean it had a year's ageing before release.
Drink-now / hold guidance reflects general style cues for this wine, not a forecast for a specific bottle. Where vintage-level editorial notes exist, they appear above.
Valpolicella DOC allows 12 tonnes of grapes a hectare and Sartori makes this label for export, screw-capped, with no oak ageing claimed. That is why a Superiore costs £13.72 rather than £20.
Italian wine law sorts bottles into a pyramid. DOCG sits at the top: tightly drawn boundaries, prescribed grapes, mandatory ageing, government tasting before release. DOC is the same idea with looser thresholds. IGT (Indicazione Geografica Tipica) is broader still, requiring only that 85% of the grapes come from the named territory.
Valpolicella is in the DOC tier. That is not a quality verdict, it is a description of how much freedom the producer has at vinification and ageing.
Valpolicella falls within Veneto, covering Verona: 19 communes from the Classico valleys through Valpantena to the Illasi hills. The denomination is further divided into 2 sub-zones.
Wine route
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Open the driveMade at Casa Vinicola Sartori, Negrar.
Wine routes in the zone: Valpolicella Classico Loop, Strada del Vino Soave.
Sartori, a Negrar house founded in 1898 and now part of the Collis group, makes Arco dei Giovi for export markets. No oak ageing is claimed and a screw cap costs less than cork, which is how a Superiore lands at £13.72.
The Superiore tag means the wine must reach 12% and rest a year before sale, so it costs a little more to make than a basic Valpolicella. This 2022 is 12.5%.
Valpolicella DOC allows 12 tonnes of grapes per hectare, half as much again as Barolo, so each vine gives more wine and the grape cost per bottle stays low.
On £13.72, VAT is £2.29 and duty on a 12.5% wine adds roughly £2.80, so about £5 of the price goes to HMRC before Great Wines Direct takes a margin.
Dishes that go with this wine
Corvina's sour-cherry acidity is made for tomato. Ragu, lasagne, pasta alla Norma and pizza are the natural home for a 12.5% Valpolicella with soft tannin.
Corvina's sour-cherry acidity sits at the same level as a tomato sauce, so neither tastes sharp next to the other. The soft tannin does not fight the cheese. This is the job a 12.5% Valpolicella was made for.
Try with: Ragu alla bolognese · Lasagna · Pasta alla Norma · Pizza Margherita · More pairings →
Fried breadcrumbs and melted cheese need acidity to cut them, and this wine has it without heavy tannin. A light Valpolicella refreshes the mouth where a big oaked red would sit heavy.
Try with: Cotoletta alla Milanese · Eggplant parmesan · Cotoletta alla bolognese · More pairings →
The herby edge the merchant sheet describes picks up rosemary, sage and fennel in a roast. Plum fruit and soft tannin suit pork and rabbit better than a tannic red would.
Try with: Porchetta · Coniglio alla ligure · Arrosticini · More pairings →
A light, 12.5% red matches the weight of chicken or pork without burying it. Serve it a little cool and it does the job a rosé does in summer.
Try with: Roast chicken · Roast pork · Roast Duck · More pairings →
Salt in salami or a medium hard cheese makes the plum fruit taste riper and softens what little tannin there is. Keep the cheese mild: a strong blue would flatten this wine.
Try with: Lucanica · Gnocco fritto · Red Leicester · More pairings →
A 12.5% red with soft tannin gets lost under a huge steak; that wants an Amarone or a Chianti Classico. Hot chilli exaggerates the sour cherry, and a sweet pudding makes the wine taste thin and sour.
Skip with: Fiorentina steak · Chicken madras · Sticky Toffee Pudding · Crispy chilli beef · Pairing guide →
Nothing to gain from keeping it. Vivino drinkers rate the 2022 higher than any older year, which fits a wine built on fresh plum fruit, with no oak ageing claimed. Two to three years from the harvest is the window.
Best in the years above; holds without falling over either side.
A short splash decant softens the first-pour edge and opens the aromatics.
Aim for the cooler end on a warm day; warmer end opens up more aromatics.
No oak ageing is claimed and Vivino drinkers rate the youngest 2022 highest; drink within three years of the harvest.
£13.72 for a 75cl bottle of the 2022, at Great Wines Direct, is the best price we track, and we have no signal of further discounting.
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Confidence · HighA style read drawn from the grape and the appellation, not from this exact bottle. We mark these notes openly so you know what you are reading.
Confidence · MediumFrom the official Italian disciplinare for this denomination, cross-checked against the Ministry of Agriculture register.
Confidence · HighOur reading of the price, drawn from the disciplinare, public UK duty rates, and typical landed-cost benchmarks. Not a quote from the producer or a retailer.
Confidence · MediumStyle guidance for this kind of wine at this price point. Treat it as advice, not a forecast for the bottle in your hand.
Confidence · MediumSartori di Verona, a family house founded in Negrar in 1898 and now part of the Collis Heritage group. Sartori does not list Arco dei Giovi on its own website; it is sold through importers abroad, including the UK.
Corvina leads, with Rondinella, the classic Valpolicella pairing. Some merchants also list Corvinone and Croatina. Corvina brings the sour-cherry fruit and the fresh acidity.
The wine must reach at least 12% alcohol and rest for a year before release under the Valpolicella DOC rules. It is not a Ripasso and not an Amarone: it is the light, fresh style with a little more weight.
£13.72 for the 2022 at Great Wines Direct, the one UK stockist we track. Nicolas listed the 2021 at £19.70, so the current price is the cheap end for this label.
A decent, easy midweek red rather than a special one. Vivino drinkers rate it 3.3 out of 5 across 463 ratings, with the 2022 doing better at 3.6. Expect plum, cassis and herb notes with soft tannin.
Tomato-based pasta, lasagne, pizza and breaded cutlets. Its sour-cherry acidity and soft tannin suit tomato and cheese, but a 12.5% red gets lost under a big steak.
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