Save The Land Amarone della Valpolicella (2021)
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A rich, dark fruited Amarone with layers of dried cherry, cocoa, and warm spice.
About this wine
Save The Land Amarone 2021 is classic Valpolicella power, but it stays surprisingly clean and composed. The nose leans into dried black cherry, baked plum, and a little cocoa, with a secondary hit of sweet tobacco and espresso like you just walked into an old Italian café. On the palate it feels full and velvety, with concentrated fruit and a gentle bitter edge that keeps it from turning syrupy. You will also catch a savory, tea like note that reads as black tea and dried herbs, which is a very Amarone thing when the fruit is ripe but not overdone. Amarone exists because Valpolicella growers learned long ago that drying Corvina based grapes after harvest could turn good hillside fruit into something deeper and more lasting, and this bottling keeps that tradition front and center while letting the cherry character stay the star.
About the grape
Corvina is the traditional backbone of Amarone in Valpolicella, a Veneto native known for thick skins and naturally high acidity which make it ideal for the appassimento drying process that concentrates sugars and tannins. Corvinone was long thought to be a Corvina mutation but was classified as a separate variety in the 1990s, it is often used alongside or in place of Corvina to add size, ripe fruit and extra phenolic weight for long aging. Rondinella arrived in the Verona area in the late 19th century, it gives reliable yields, strong resistance to disease and an ability to dry evenly, so producers include it to stabilize yields and support the dried grape style required for Amarone. In Valpolicella these grapes are typically grown on the morainic and clay rich hills with traditional Pergola Veronese or Guyot training, choices that influence ripeness and drying potential in wines like the 2021 Save The Land Amarone.
Quick facts
- 🌱 The name SalvaTerra literally means “Save the Land” and the producer has registered SAVE THE LAND as a trademark for their wine line.
- 🌿 The Save The Land Amarone is produced as a certified organic (BIO) bottling, emphasizing low environmental impact in the vineyard.
- ♻️ The producer highlights sustainable packaging for this line, using recycled paper labels and a sugar‑cane based stopper with a near‑zero carbon footprint.
- 🍇 The 2021 cuvée is a classic Valpolicella Amarone mix, roughly 60% Corvina, 25% Corvinone and 15% Rondinella, concentrated by appassimento drying.
- 🏅 The Save The Land Amarone has been entered in competitions and small commercial runs have been reported (about 10,000 bottles for earlier DOCG releases), earning recognition such as a Mundus Vini medal for the line’s Amarone vintage.
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