Amedeo 2016: new extended aging

After 8 vintages that have lived a rest on the lees for about 42/45 months, with the 2016 vintage, the Amedeo Lessini Durello Riserva is revealed to the world after about 60 months of aging sur lies.

For many years, at Ca’ Rugate, micro batches of Amedeo were isolated and different periods of refinement were experimented in order to understand the evolution and the sensory profile that the different tests would have highlighted.

The high selections of the Metodo Classico, a category to which Amedeo belongs since its inception, represent the most mysterious and fascinating area of ​​enology and its branches never cease to amaze.

The Durella grape, due to its organoleptic characteristics and its innate and exuberant freshness, has proved to be extremely suitable for long periods sur lies and the result has revealed new harmonious and complex tasting levels. From here the choice of the Tessari family to continue with the increase of the rest period sur lies also for the vintages to come.

In our opinion, quality is not a point of arrival, but the prerequisite of a path in constant evolution, and it is in this spirit that we present the new Amedeo 2016 Riserva 60 months, even bigger and brighter.