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Alanera 2022: bottle and closure update.

Stefania del Giudice — Thu, 08 May 2025 11:49:02 +0000

Alanera 2022: bottle and closure update.

Starting with the 2022 vintage, this wine will be bottled in a lighter bottle and sealed with a screwcap.
This change is a part of Zenato‘s long-term sustainability strategy, which began three years ago with the Equalitas certification.
Through this and other ongoing efforts, their goal is to actively contribute to a more sustainable future for all of us.

THE WINE:
Alanera is a tribute to Sergio’s legacy of bringing understanding, wisdom and rigorous work to viticulture in Valpolicella. Alanera’s fruit hails from the Costalunga vineyard. The site’s landscape is remarkable as it overlooks the city of Verona, while partly hugging the Garda Lake and being seemingly embraced by the impressive Monte Baldo and Lessinian mountain ranges.

3 Swallows: Alanera’s three swallows serve as symbol to these landscape elements as well to its trio of native grapes: Corvina, Rondinella and Corvinone.

Zenato: the story of a family that firmly planted its roots in the land. It was made possible thanks to the passion and entrepreneurial vision of the estate’s founder, Sergio, who managed to fulfill his greatest dream: to create a winery capable of harvesting the fruits of the earth and transform them into emotions with matchless flavor.

Today, more than 60 years later, the results are testament to his extraordinary vision.
A wonderful story took shape thanks to his vision and today its star is his family: wife Carla and children Alberto and Nadia.
Their eyes and their heart continue down the path that Sergio laid out with great clarity as he steadied the course toward quality and love for their land. Over time, that land wasn’t just Lugana but also Valpolicella, with its celebrated red wines and their matchless aromas.

Taking over the Costalunga estate, in the heart of Valpolicella Classica, Sergio Zenato wanted to measure himself in a new venture, after making the most out of his Lugana vineyards: to make it a model vineyard, beautiful to look at, cared for in every detail, in which to apply modern agronomic techniques and at the same time resume the traditional methods that had defined the Valpolicella landscape.

In a thorough manner, Sergio Zenato drew the distribution on the land of the vines selected for the production of the different wines, going so far as to indicate the direction of the rows so that the vines could receive maximum benefits from the sun. He took special care to make the soil work well to achieve a dry and permeable soil without water retention.

A passionate dedication that we read in the construction of the characteristic dry-stone walls, at first sight elegant support structures, in actual fact an efficient containment system that guarantees the vine the three fundamental elements it needs: the warmth of the sun and the ventilation of air and water thanks to the gaps existing between the stones of the walls and the flaky crumbles of the subsurface.

“Sergio Zenato manicured the morainic hills for years, from the most strategic observation point on the Garda Lake in Peschiera. His reflection was cast over the largest body of blue in Italy. And since the 1960s, he saw in Trebbiano di Lugana something that few others had intuited: that the color, aromas, and favors of the white wine it produced could travel the world.”

In the flash of an eye and the wonder of Lake Garda is all there: in the beauty of the landscape; in the naturalist, historic, and artistic value of the land; in the mild climate.

The secret of Trebbiano di Lugana, a native grape variety planted on the southern banks of the Garda Lake, is hidden in its origins.

With the backdrop of this pristine setting, the gates of the Santa Cristina estate open up on to a broad road with elegant red rose bushes on either side.
They are the silent sentinels to whom the Zenato family has entrusted their rows of vines.

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GOLD for Zenato’s ALANERA at the Berliner Wine Trophy

Petra Pelle — Fri, 10 Mar 2023 11:13:02 +0000

Gold for Zenato’s Alanera:

Zenato’s Rosso Veneto IGT 2019 Alanera received a gold medal at the

Berliner Wine Trophy

The Berliner Wine Trophy brings well-known producers and distributors from around the world together every year. Since the patronage of the OIV in 2004 it has become the world’s largest international wine challenge and as well Germany’s most influential wine competition. The number of samples submitted is steadily growing and there is a winter and summer edition.

Alanera Rosso Veneto IGT 2019

Alanera:

This Rosso Veronese, named Alanera, is a tribute to Sergio Zenato’s legacy of bringing understanding, wisdom and rigorous work to viticulture in Valpolicella.

Alanera’s fruit hails from the Costalunga vineyard. The landscape is remarkable as it overlooks the city of Verona, while partly hugging Lake Garda and being seemingly embraced by the impressive Monte Baldo and the Lessinian mountain ranges.

3 Swallows:

There are 3 swallows on the label, these serve as symbol to these landscape elements as well to its trio of native grapes: Corvina, Rondinella
and Corvinone.

Food pairing:

The wine perfectly fits to braised or roasted red meats, but also to game, robust ragus and aged Italian cheeses.

Serve it at a temperature of 18 °C.

Other awards:

This vintage received as well a gold medal at the Mundus Vini Spring tasting 2023.

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New vintage Alanera Zenato

Petra Pelle — Tue, 25 Oct 2022 09:43:41 +0000

New vintage Zenato’s Alanera

Vintage 2019 from the Alanera IGT from Azienda Vitivinicola Zenato is now available !

Grape variety: 55% Corvina, 25% Rondinella, 10% Corvinone and 10% local varieties.

Colour: ruby red

Nose: flavors of dried and fresh cherries, coffee and sweet tobacco, supported by fresh acidity and soft tannins.

Serving temperature: serve at a temperature of 7-8°C.

Alanera:

Alanera is a tribute to Sergio’s legacy of bringing understanding, wisdom and rigorous work to
viticulture in Valpolicella. Alanera’s fruit hails from the Costalunga vineyard. The site’s landscape is
remarkable as it overlooks the city of Verona, while partly hugging Lake Garda and being seemingly
embraced by the impressive Monte Baldo and Lessinian mountain ranges.

3 swallows:

Alanera’s three swallows serve as symbol to these landscape elements as well to its trio of native grapes: Corvina, Rondinella
and Corvinone.

Click here for the factsheet:

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Decanter World Wine Awards 2022

Petra Pelle — Mon, 13 Jun 2022 12:26:46 +0000

Decanter World Wine Awards

The Decanter World Wine Awards 2022 are recently published. Here below you can find an update about awards received by our associated producers.

BEST IN SHOW:

Zenato’s Amarone della Valpolicella Classico DOCG Riserva Sergio Zenato 2016

97 (!) points

For more information: click here

PLATINUM:

Masottina’s R.D.O. Rive di Ogliano Levante Extra Dry Prosecco di Conegliano Valdobbiadene Superiore Rive 2021

97 (!) points

For more information: click here

GOLD:

Zenato’s Amarone della Valpolicella Classico 2017

96 (!) points

91 points

90 points

Tenuta Sant’Antonio

La Bandina Valpolicella Superiore 2018

91 points

Massolino

Barolo 2018

90 points

Casalfarneto

Cimaré Rosso Piceno 2021

90 points

Cantina Colli Euganei

Fior d’Arancio Colli Euganei Dolce 2021

90 points

Zenato

Ripassa Valpolicella Ripasso Superiore 2018

Alanera 2018

88 points

89 points

Villa di Vetrice

Chianti Rufina 2019

89 points

Tenuta Sette Ponti

Crognolo 2019

Oreno 2019

88 points

Tenuta Sant’ Antonio

Campo dei Gigli Amarone della Valpolicella 2017

Antonio Castagnedi Amarone della Valpolicella 2017

Monti Garbi Valpolicella Ripassa Superiore 2019

Télos Il rosso Valpolicella Superiore 2018

Télos Pinot Grigio delle Venezie 2020

88 points

87 points

86 points

Cantina Santadi

Noras Canonnau di Sardegna 2018

Rocca Rubia Carignano del Sulcis Riserva 2019

Antigua Monica di Sardegna 2020

Villa Solais Vermentino di Sardegna 2021

Pedraia Nuragus di Cagliari 2021

Cala Silente Vermentino di Sardegna 2021

89 points

88 points

87 points

86 points

Cantina Colli Euganei

Rialto Cabernet Sauvignon 2020

Notte di Galileo Riserva 2018

89 points

87 points

Some statistics: “After a record-breaking year for total wines tasted in 2021, the record was topped again this year with 18,244 wines judged from 54 countries. Across two weeks, almost 250 international wine experts, including 41 Masters of Wine and 13 Master Sommeliers, awarded 50 Best in Show, 164 Platinum, 677 Gold, 5,900 Silver and 8,074 Bronze medals.”

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Alanera: 93 James Suckling points

Petra Pelle — Fri, 30 Jul 2021 02:00:00 +0000

Zenato’s Alanera Rosso Veronese IGT 2018 received 93 points from James Suckling

The wine Alanera Rosso Veronese IGT 2018 from Zenato Azienda Vitivinicola recently received 93 points from James Suckling:

Alanera is a tribute to Sergio Zenatos legacy of bringing understanding, wisdom and rigorous work to viticulture in Valpolicella. Alanera’s fruit hails from the Costalunga vineyard. The site’s landscape is remarkable as it overlooks the city of Verona, while partly hugging Lake Garda and being seemingly embraced by the impressive Monte Baldo and Lessinian mountain ranges.

Alanera’s Three Swallows serve as symbol to these landscape elements as well to its trio of native grapes: Corvina, Rondinella and Corvinone.

Tasting note:

“Loads of peppery and spicy, ripe cherry and berry character on the nose and palate. Hints of coffee and chocolate, too. Full to medium palate, where the spicy tannins push the fruit into a long finish. I like the full-throttle drive to this red. Will improve in the bottle.”

The wine and it’s making – what’s old is new again

By perfecting the appassimento winemaking process for generations, the Zenato family demonstrates its talent for making an ancient process new again.

Grape-drying comes naturally here, and in typical Veronese style, the appassimento process of partially drying grapes, prior to fermentations achieves the desired effect of concentrating flavors and aromas.

Alanera (“black wing”) takes its inspiration from the Veneto’s core red fine wine variety – Corvina- meaning little raven and known for its dark coloration.

Alanera calls the grapes to the stage, each bringing individual character, so that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.

Corvina boasts its beguiling cherry scents while Corvinone offers deeper colour and acidity, while Rondinella playing along with its partners to underscore the distinct cherre fruit profile.

Food pairing:

This wine perfectly combines with braised or roasted red meats, but also with game, robust ragus and aged Italian cheeses.

Click on ‘Alanera’ for the factsheet with more detailed information about this fabulous red wine.

Previously awarded vintages:

2015: James Suckling: 93 Points
2015: MundusVini – Spring tasting: Gold Medal
2012: MundusVini: 84 Points
2012: Robert Parker: 90 Point

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Alanera 2022: bottle and closure update.

GOLD for Zenato’s ALANERA at the Berliner Wine Trophy

Gold for Zenato’s Alanera:

Zenato’s Rosso Veneto IGT 2019 Alanera received a gold medal at the

New vintage Alanera Zenato

New vintage Zenato’s Alanera

Decanter World Wine Awards 2022

Decanter World Wine Awards

97 (!) points

97 (!) points

96 (!) points

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Alanera: 93 James Suckling points

Zenato’s Alanera Rosso Veronese IGT 2018 received 93 points from James Suckling