Le Ragose Proves Amarone's Original Style Was Elegance All Along
For more than 50 years, the family's hillside vineyards have produced Amarone defined by freshness, balance and longevity rather than sheer power.
Mention Amarone, and most wine lovers immediately think of power. Le Ragose would rather you think about elegance.
Dense fruit. High alcohol. A wine reserved for special occasions or the end of a meal.
Le Ragose has spent more than half a century quietly making the case that Amarone was never meant to be just that.
Perched 1,148 feet above sea level at the highest point of Valpolicella Classico, the family estate has built its reputation not by chasing bigger, bolder wines, but by producing Amarone with freshness, elegance and remarkable drinkability. It’s a philosophy that began with the family’s first vintage in 1969 and, according to the current generation, remains unchanged today.
“Classic things never go out of style,” third generation family member Marta Galli said, echoing a lesson passed down from her grandmother.
That approach is beautifully expressed in Le Ragose Amarone della Valpolicella Classico Riserva DOCG 2013 ($120).
The wine opens with inviting aromas of ripe blackberry, dried cherry and plum layered with dark chocolate, tobacco, baking spices and dried Mediterranean herbs. On the palate, concentrated black fruit is balanced by vibrant acidity, polished tannins and subtle earthy notes that keep the wine lifted rather than weighty. The finish is long and persistent, carrying flavors of cocoa, spice and savory complexity long after the final sip.
It’s everything Amarone lovers expect—but with an effortless grace that makes another glass feel inevitable.
The secret begins long before harvest.
Unlike many producers, Le Ragose credits its distinctive style less to cellar techniques than to geography. Every vineyard sits on the same hillside estate above the autumn fog, where cooler temperatures, constant breezes and diverse limestone-rich soils naturally preserve acidity and aromatic freshness.
