Classico
- Characteristics
- A reference to a defined production area permitted alongside Valpolicella DOC.
Corvina, pergolas and marogne
Valpolicella’s wine history is written in its grape varieties, vine training and stone terraces.
Nineteenth-century catalogs of grape varieties established Corvina as a characteristic grape of Valpolicella. In 1881, Stefano de’ Stefani outlined Verona’s wine-growing areas, including the wines of Valpolicella. The first official Valpolicella production specification followed in 1968.
Growers also reshaped the vineyards. Simpler forms of the Veronese pergola replaced larger double pergolas, while old dry-stone terraces, known as marogne, were restored. These changes renewed the working landscape as well as the vines, bringing local cultivation traditions into a more closely managed vineyard.
