{"title":"Contrada Palui","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eContrada Palui è una piccola cantina biologica fondata da Hannes Pichler, altoatesino trapiantato in Valpolicella, su una collina a 500 metri di altitudine tra Trezzolano e Grezzana — la quota più alta dell'intera DOC. Tre ettari di vigneto piantati su prati naturali incontaminati, con suoli unici di calcare bianco, basalto nero e selce. Fermentazioni spontanee, affinamento in anfore di argilla rossa, legno e acciaio. Una delle cantine più innovative e premiata dalla critica internazionale della Valpolicella — con 90+ punti Falstaff, 94 punti Wine Enthusiast e menzione in Gambero Rosso Vini d'Italia 2025.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"amarone-della-valpolicella-contrada-palui","title":"Amarone della Valpolicella - Contrada Palui","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"standard-markdown grid-cols-1 grid [\u0026amp;_\u0026gt;_*]:min-w-0 gap-3\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eContrada Palui's Amarone della Valpolicella DOCG is one of the most discussed and anticipated wines of Valpolicella's new generation - an Amarone that international critics have called \"the denomination's most elegant turning point,\" produced by an Alto Adige winemaker who chose to do things radically differently from everyone else.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eHannes Pichler established his organic vineyard perched on a hill at 500 meters above sea level - the highest point in the entire Valpolicella DOC. Thanks to its position, the vineyards receive sunlight all day while the Lessinian Alps immediately to the north provide cool mountain air that preserves the grapes' lively acidity. The result is a unique, unrepeatable terroir - white limestone, black basalt and flint in proportions found nowhere else in the denomination, on natural pasture that had never been planted with vines or treated with chemicals.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"standard-markdown grid-cols-1 grid [\u0026amp;_\u0026gt;_*]:min-w-0 gap-3\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eHannes Pichler bottles only what nature offers him at 500 meters above sea level: light, lively red fruit with intense acidity. His 2018 Amarone had only 0.8 g\/l of residual sugar - a figure that says everything about the philosophy of Contrada Palui: not extreme concentration, not alcoholic power as an end in itself, but the purest and most transparent expression of the terroir through the drying process.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"standard-markdown grid-cols-1 grid [\u0026amp;_\u0026gt;_*]:min-w-0 gap-3\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eThe grapes are hand-selected in small crates and left to dry for 1.5-2 months in a covered, ventilated space - a short drying period compared with the denomination's standard 90 days, concentrating the aromas and structure without turning the wine into something different from the territory it comes from. The blend is precise: Corvina 65%, Corvinone 25%, Rondinella 10% - only the traditional native varieties of Verona, deliberately avoiding the Bordeaux varieties that almost everyone in the area uses today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"standard-markdown grid-cols-1 grid [\u0026amp;_\u0026gt;_*]:min-w-0 gap-3\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eOn the nose, it is elegant and surprisingly fresh for an Amarone - lively, precise red fruit, cherry and raspberry, dried flowers, light spices, alpine herbs, ferrous minerality and a balsamic hint that directly evokes the vineyard's flint and basalt soils. On the palate, it is powerful but razor-sharp - 16° of natural alcohol that feels weightless thanks to the vibrant acidity preserved by the altitude, dense tannins already made elegant by mixed maturation, a freshness that challenges every convention of Amarone and a long, vertical finish with notes of red fruit, minerals and spices. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Emporio Divino","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58267693613430,"sku":null,"price":47.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1004\/2717\/0166\/files\/Nuovoprogetto_79_1_17.jpg?v=1789648877"},{"product_id":"valpolicella-superiore-campo-selce-contrada-palui","title":"Valpolicella - Superiore - Campo Selce - Contrada Palui","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"standard-markdown grid-cols-1 grid [\u0026amp;_\u0026gt;_*]:min-w-0 gap-3\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eThe Valpolicella Superiore DOC Campo Selce from Contrada Palui is the wine that tells the story of Hannes Pichler's most specific and distinctive terroir - that of flint. \"Campo Selce\" is not a poetic name chosen for marketing: it is the literal description of a vineyard plot on flint-rich soils, the extremely hard and sharp flintstone that defines the unique geological composition of the Contrada Palui vineyard at an altitude of 500 meters between Trezzolano and Negrar.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eThe Valpolicella Superiore Campo Selce reflects the unique flint terroir of Contrada Palui - produced from grapes dried for 3-4 weeks on straw mats, with a 15-20% loss of juice before vinification. Not the 90 days of Amarone, not extreme concentration pursued at all costs - but a short, precise drying period, calibrated to add complexity and structure without altering the freshness and minerality that only Contrada Palui's 500 meters can offer. The result is a Superiore unlike any other in the appellation - more vertical, more mineral, and fresher than any Valpolicella Superiore produced in the lowlands or at a typical elevation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"standard-markdown grid-cols-1 grid [\u0026amp;_\u0026gt;_*]:min-w-0 gap-3\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eHannes farms this vineyard with the uncompromising organic rigor that characterizes all of Contrada Palui's production - no synthetic chemical treatments, respect for natural cycles, and minimal intervention in the cellar. The grapes, 60% Corvina, 30% Corvinone, and 10% Rondinella, are harvested by hand in small crates, dried for 25-30 days on straw mats in the vineyard's ventilated drying facility, and then vinified through spontaneous fermentation with indigenous yeasts. The wine is aged for 12 months in 15-hectoliter French oak casks - an intermediate size that ensures elegant, non-invasive wood influence while preserving all the ferrous minerality and acidic freshness that are the signature of the flint terroir - followed by 12 months of bottle aging before release.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"standard-markdown grid-cols-1 grid [\u0026amp;_\u0026gt;_*]:min-w-0 gap-3\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eOn the nose, it is precise and mineral - profoundly different from any Valpolicella Superiore in the catalog: fresh and vibrant red fruit, crisp cherry, raspberry, wildflowers, delicate spices, alpine herbs, and a distinctive ferrous, almost metallic note that is the unmistakable signature of the Campo Selce flint. On the palate, it is taut and vertical - its 14.5% alcohol well integrated thanks to the vibrant acidity preserved by the altitude, with present yet refined tannins, a freshness that is surprising for the style, and a long, clean, mineral finish that evolves with notes of red fruit and stone. Serve at 16-17°C, with brief decanting. A Valpolicella Superiore that speaks of a precise place - 500 meters, black flint, and the wind of the Lessinia Mountains.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Emporio Divino","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58302480449910,"sku":null,"price":23.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1004\/2717\/0166\/files\/Nuovoprogetto_79_1_33.jpg?v=1789656548"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1004\/2717\/0166\/collections\/DSC1379.png?v=1790031038","url":"https:\/\/emporiodivino.com\/en\/collections\/contrada-palui.oembed","provider":"Emporio diVino","version":"1.0","type":"link"}