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Tenuta Novare
A pale, light to medium-bodied Valpolicella DOC that Bertani bottles under the name of its Tenuta Novare estate. Corvina leads, with 12% alcohol and no oak flavour. Serve it slightly chilled.
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Bertani bottles this wine at Grezzana under the name of Tenuta Novare, its estate in the heart of Valpolicella Classica. The label says plain Valpolicella DOC, not Classico, and names no vineyard.
The 2025 is pale ruby. Red cherry and raspberry leaf come first, over a graphite note. Behind them sits the light touch of rose that young Valpolicella is known for.
Rose petal
Cherry
Red forest berries
SpicyLight to medium-bodied and juicy, with fine tannins, ripe red-berry fruit and white pepper spice. At 12% alcohol and with no oak flavour, it stays fresh and lifted.
It ends fresh, with the gently bitter twist of young Valpolicella. Nothing from oak blurs the fruit.
A simple, fresh Valpolicella DOC that Bertani bottles under its Tenuta Novare name. It is a wine for everyday meals, not for the cellar: serve it slightly chilled and drink it by the end of 2028.
One shop on this page sells the 2025, at £12.95 a bottle, so there is no price to compare here. That is less than most Valpolicella costs in UK shops.
Best everyday bottle and Best value lead its scores. It is a light, fresh 12% Valpolicella at £12.95 with no oak flavour, and it suits pizza, pasta and roast chicken.
At £12.95 it costs less than most Valpolicella on sale in UK shops, and it comes from Bertani, a Valpolicella house that dates back to 1857.
Light, fresh and £12.95, with no oak flavour, it is a midweek red for simple food, from pizza to roast chicken.
Fruity and light, with fine tannins, no oak flavour and 12% alcohol: an easy first Valpolicella, and simple to serve slightly chilled.
A light to medium-bodied red with fresh acidity and fine tannins. It suits tomato pasta, pizza, roast chicken and grilled steak, and it can be served slightly chilled.
A casual red for weeknight meals and barbecues rather than a bottle for a celebration.
A young Valpolicella DOC with no oak influence and 12% alcohol. We would drink the 2025 by the end of 2028, not keep it.
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.
Only the 2025 is on sale here. The appellation's rules set no ageing time for plain Valpolicella: only the Superiore must age for at least a year before sale.
The 2025 has 12% alcohol and no oak influence, a young Valpolicella to open soon. Drink it from now to the end of 2028.
The 2025 has 12% alcohol and no oak influence, a young Valpolicella to open soon. Drink it from now to the end of 2028.
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.
Bertani has made wine near Verona since 1857. From single vineyards on its Tenuta Novare estate it makes two wines, Le Miniere di Novare and Ognisanti di Novare.
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
Half day · 5 stops
Open the driveWine route
1 day · 7 stops
Open the driveMade at Tenuta Novare.
Wine routes in the zone: Valpolicella Classico Loop, Strada del Vino Soave.
Of a £12.95 bottle, about £4.91 is tax: £2.76 duty at £30.62 per litre of pure alcohol for wine from 8.5% to 22%, and £2.16 VAT. At 12% alcohol, the duty is lower than on a stronger red.
The 2025 is on sale in October 2026, about a year after the harvest. Plain Valpolicella has no ageing rule, unlike the Superiore, which must age for at least a year before sale.
The wine shows no oak influence, so no new-oak cost sits in the bottle. The price pays for young Corvina fruit instead.
The back label names the one shop on this page as its importer, so no separate UK importer sits between Bertani's company at Grezzana and the shelf.
Dishes that go with this wine
At 12% alcohol, with fine tannins and fresh acidity, this Valpolicella suits tomato sauces, roast chicken and grilled steak. Keep it away from hot chilli.
The fresh acidity of this light, Corvina-led Valpolicella meets the sharpness of tomato, so the sauce tastes bright, not flat. Fine tannins and 12% alcohol keep it from swamping a simple pizza.
Try with: Pizza Margherita · Ragu alla bolognese · Lasagna · More pairings →
A light to medium-bodied red like this Valpolicella matches the weight of white meat without hiding it. Its red-cherry fruit sits well beside crisp skin and pan juices.
Try with: Roast chicken · Roast pork · Roast turkey · More pairings →
Salty, charred meat softens the fine tannins of this young Valpolicella, so the red-berry fruit comes forward. Serve it slightly chilled at a barbecue.
Try with: Steak · Ribeye steak · Sirloin steak · More pairings →
The cherry fruit and gently bitter edge of a young Valpolicella echo the slight bitterness of radicchio and the earthy taste of porcini. Its light body does not crush a creamy risotto.
Try with: Porcini mushroom risotto · Radicchio risotto · Pumpkin risotto · More pairings →
Chilli heat makes the tannin and alcohol in a red taste harsh, and it strips the fresh cherry fruit from a light Valpolicella like this one. Save it for milder food.
Skip with: Chicken madras · Chicken jalfrezi · Crispy chilli beef · Red Curry · Pairing guide →
The appellation's rules describe plain Valpolicella as a young wine, and this one has no oak influence and 12% alcohol. We would finish the 2025 by the end of 2028.
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.
A young Valpolicella DOC with no oak influence and 12% alcohol. We would drink the 2025 by the end of 2028, not keep it.
£12.95 for a 75cl bottle of the 2025, at The Wine Society, is the best price we track, and we have no signal of further discounting.
Read directly from each retailer’s public product page once a day. Last refresh: 25 Oct 2026, 02:28 BST. We do not hold stock and we do not accept payment for placement.
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 · MediumIt comes from Bertani. The back label says it was bottled at Grezzana, near Verona, by Cav. G.B.B., the Bertani company. Tenuta Novare is the name of Bertani's estate in the heart of Valpolicella Classica.
No, the label says plain Valpolicella DOC, not Classico, and it names no vineyard. Bertani's Tenuta Novare estate lies in the Classico zone, but the label does not say the grapes come from there.
Serve it slightly chilled, as you would a light red. It is light to medium-bodied, with 12% alcohol and no oak flavour.
Drink it from now to the end of 2028. It is a young Valpolicella DOC at 12% alcohol, with no oak influence.
One shop on this page sells the 2025, at £12.95 a bottle, so there is no price to compare here. Of that price, about £4.91 is UK duty and VAT.
Tomato pasta, pizza, roast chicken and grilled steak all work well. Its fresh acidity meets tomato, and its fine tannins soften beside salty, charred meat.
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