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