The Bottles / The Reds

Carmenere Più

VENETO ROSSO I.G.T.

Type | red

Grapes | Carmenere - Merlot

Impressions

Vivid ruby core with a narrow purple rim.
Elegant nose of small dark berries, cocoa
and black pepper.
Balanced, fresh palate, fruity and spicy, integrated tannins and length.

The wine

Carmenere has a unique story to tell (see slide “THE GRAPES OF OUR TERRITORY: Carmenere”): a new wine with a great personality; a Veneto wine to present to customers as an alternative to Valpolicella.
Inama is the first estate to create an important project with the Carmenere in the Colli Berici area and to give an identity to this variety with a new DOC: Colli Berici Carmenere Riserva (see: Oratorio di San Lorenzo).
This product, at the moment, has no competitors in Europe.
Philosophy: all the vineyards are set up to produce reserve wines. Each season, we decide which plot will be used for the reserve wines or for the entry-level wines.

 

Characteristics

Carmenere – Merlot.
12 months in used barriques.

Combinations

Pancetta and salami with garlic, grilled pork. Polenta, mushrooms, and cheese.
With local traditional dishes: Val Liona DOP ham, local Sopressa Veneta DOP, bigoli with duck.
With vegetables: Pasta with beans.

Label

This label was designed by Michela Coltro, an artist from San Bonifacio. The intention is to describe this wine, produced since 2005, at the beginning of Inama’s Carmenere project, as something young and lively, yet still classic and respectful of the style used for all the other labels. The idea was to design a cherub holding a cornucopia of fruit (classic figure) from which a bunch of red grapes comes out: our Carmenere.

higHlights

Carmenere Più 2019
91 pt. Falstaff
93 pt. James Suckling
90 pt. Antonio Galloni’s Vinous

Carmenere Più 2018
92 pt. Eros Teboni – The Wine Journal

Carmenere Più 2017
“Top Wine” Slowine 2021