amarone RUBINELLI VAJOL Wine Shop & Winery

Cantina e Vini

The land of Vajol is located in the centre of Valpolicella. The charme of our country house, our cellars, of the Corte of Sant’Anna, and the village of Vajol, the landscape covered in vineyards, defined by brick walls, decorated by olive trees, and cherry blossoms and almond trees, is the very essence of Valpolicella’s classical beauty. Our delicious wine, a sublime nectar produced by our grapes, contains a sweet secret stored in the heart of Valpolicella: a slow time, during which our grapes mature in the valley kissed by the sun, and protected by the rolling hills. The correct time for the grapes to rest and finally enjoy sleepy dreams inside great oak barrels, in the cool cellar built into the side of the mountain. But let us begin with Gaetano Rubinelli, the founder of a family which has lived in Valpolicella for generations. After having projected and built the Chievo Dam along the River Adige, thus supplying electricity to all the Veronese Industries at the beginning of the century, Gaetano Rubinelli bought this lovely country place, fascinated by its perfect setting, and location in the heart of Valpolicella. During the years the Rubinelli family decide to begin their own production of wine, and thus their dream of expressing the delicacy and excellence of the product of their land, came true! High quality grapes, thanks to growth and maturation in an ideal setting: the soil... the sun..., and the gentle climate and soft breeze of Conca del Vajol.

We only produce numbered bottles of the five Valpolicella classical wines: amarone, ripasso, valpolicella classico superiore, valpolicella classico, recioto. All of our five wines feature the five native grapes of Valpolicella classical: Corvina, Corvinone, Rondinella, Molinara and Oseleta. The polyphony of flavours and aromas of the five local vine varieties are safeguarded exclusively in large oak barrels from France and Slavonia. During the long period of refinement these barrels lend just the right balance of wood, preserving and exalting the intense full-bodied aromas of these fruits of the land. We only use 30 or 50 hl barrels to obtain uniquely elegant wines.