Allegrini

All of Allegrini’s impeccable wines are produced from estate-grown fruit from their 90 hectares of vineyard in the communes of Sant’ Ambrogio and Fumane. 

Across the range and from vintage to vintage, they have superb fruit, balance, intensity, length, elegance, tipicity and, above all, drinkability.

Allegrini history

Each wine has winemaker Franco Allegrini’s distinct stamp of quality, but every one has its own distinctive character. They are among the elite of the world’s best producers of red wines. The family has been growing grapes in Valpolicella for several generations, and the estate in its current form was founded by Giovanni Allegrini.

When he died in 1983, it passed to his three children, who ran it together until Walter’s death in July 2003. Franco now looks after the vineyards and is the winemaker, while Marilisa is director of marketing.

From the 2007 vintage, Franco sacrificed the Classico status of the Valpolicella and bottled the wine under Stelvin in order to eliminate as much as possible the problems of cork taint and random oxidation.

Allegrini vineyards

Their south-east facing vineyards are located in the hills of the Valpolicella Classico region ranging from 150-250 metres above sea level for the Valpolicella to as high as 310 metres at the top of Podere La Grola where the chalky, white La Poja vineyard stretches across 2.65 hectares.

Soils are very varied but mostly chalky, of volcanic origin, especially in La Poja where the soil is 78% chalk. The older vineyards are trained using the pergola Trentina system, planted with about 3,000 vines per hectare, whereas the newer ones use the single Guyot system with 5,000 plants per hectare. The vines are 28 years old on average.

 
Italy
91 Robert Parker
Allegrini La Grola 2020
Allegrini La Grola 2020
This luminous cherry coloured Malbec with pink hues offers a delicate bouquet of redcurrant, minty blackberry leaves and tenuous smoky notes. Aromas of passion fruit,…
La Grola 2020
35,90 €
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94 Wine Spectator
Allegrini Amarone della Valpolicella Classico 2018
Allegrini Amarone della Valpolicella Classico 2018
The result of the Allegrini family‘s expertise, this is a true classic of the appellation, a wine that embraces tradition and a sense of place.  The wine has an imposing…
Amarone della Valpolicella Classico 2018
94,00 €
Italy
96 Decanter
Allegrini La Poja 2017
Allegrini La Poja 2017
Ruby red colour, with intense aromas of blackberries and spice. It is rich and full-bodied on the palate, with an opulent structure. Well balanced, rounded and complex with cherry and…
La Poja 2017
115,00 €