Amarone Opera Prima – The 25 Best Tastings
3 February 2025The event Amarone Opera Prima 2025 is dedicated to the debut of the 2020 vintage of the Valpolicella wine of the same name. The event was held in Verona on 1 and 2 February 2025 at the Palazzo della Gran Guardia (Piazza Bra). This year’s edition is special: in fact, it is also the 100th anniversary of the Consorzio Vini Valpolicella, founded in 1925.
In this 21st edition, a panel of experts, together with journalist Luca Matarazzo and food critic Alfonso Mollo, blind-tasted 77 wine samples and then awarded the best 25.
On the occasion of Amarone Opera Prima 2025, il Vino degli Dei Amarone della Valpolicella DOCG Bottega vintage 202 took the 11th place.
Valpolicella is a land with a great wine-growing history: its name ‘val polis cellae’ means ‘the valley of many cellars’. Several native varieties are cultivated here, such as Corvina Veronese, Corvinone, Rondinella and Molinara. From these grapes come important red wines of great originality and typicality, which have achieved international fame.
Amarone, besides being the king of this area, is also one of the most important Italian wines, which has been able to distinguish itself thanks to its unique and inimitable personality, and its character as a wine with ancient origins, but at the same time a modern appeal.