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Top 10 Chiaretto di Bardolino for summer

KEYA Chiaretto di Bardolino Classico DOC 2022 gets chosen by Decanter as one of the summer’s top ten rosés. 

Available in good restaurants and wine shops in Italy and around the world and of course, here in our winery shops in Bardolino, Cavaion and Negrar.

“A historical name of the Bardolino district, with ancient noble ancestry, Guerrieri Rizzardi has elaborated an original mix for this Chiaretto: 75% Corvina, 5% Rondinella and 10% of both Sangiovese and Merlot. The 50-year-old vines dig deep into the mineral soils, producing a citrussy, sapid and incisive wine with a long finish. Perfect with typical summer cuisine.”

91 points 

Big scores from VINOUS

Five of our wine were tasted by Vinous media’s specialist for northern Italy and the results were most welcome indeed!

Stocks are limited and demand is high, especially for the top two wines – so be quick!

 

VINOUS  2023
2016 Amarone della Valpolicella Classico Riserva Calcarole96Producer: Guerrieri Rizzardi
2016 Amarone della Valpolicella Classico Riserva Villa Rizzardi95Producer: Guerrieri Rizzardi
2020 Rosso Clos Roareti92Producer: Guerrieri Rizzardi
2018 Amarone della Valpolicella Classico 3 Cru91Producer: Guerrieri Rizzardi
2020 Montebaldo Bardolino Delara89Producer: Guerrieri Rizzardi

Merano Wine Festival 2022

Some great results at the Merano Wine Awards this year,  including a GOLD for the new vintage of CALCAROLE, Amarone della Valpolicella DOCG Classico Riserva.

We will be back at Merano festival showing our wines on the 4th – 8th of November this year. Hope to see many old and new friends there!

Improving a cru vineyard

Even though it is the height of summer and temperatures soar, the work does not stop.
After the harvest of 2020 we took away some very old and tired vines which were planted by the pergola method back in the 1960s and now is the time to restructure the vineyard.

We are working and preparing the soil for the new vineyard: first by removing the surface soil and then breaking the first half metre to metre of the limestone rock underneath (in order to allow the new vines’ roots to go deeper); once this is done the surface soil will be re-positioned again on top of the broken limestone rock. After this we combine two sections of the vineyard to make a more stable terrace for future generations of vine.
It is a lot of work but once finished this will be another part of the cru of Costeggiola that will flourish in years to come.

 

 

Falstaff Amarone & Recioto Trophy 2022

Very happy with some nice big scores from Falstaff International Wine Magazine.

Calcarole, Villa Rizzardi, and 3CRU all continue to score highly in this annual prestige competition.

  • CALCAROLE, Amarone Della Valpolicella DOCG Classico Riserva 2015 93 points 
  • VILLA RIZZARDI, Amarone Della Valpolicella DOCG Classico Riserva 2015 94 points 
  • 3 CRU, Amarone Della Valpolicella DOCG Classico 2017 93 points

 

We just wish we had many more bottles in the cellar!!!

Guerrieri Rizzardi joins Rosés de Terroirs

We are happy and honoured  to have been invited to join The International Association of Rosés de Terroirs.

After a benchmark tasting, our signature Chiaretto di Bardolino Classico, KEYA has been selected along with the fine Chiaretto from Le Fraghe to become a part of this excellent association.

The two rosés from Bardolino join with the wines of 32 other producers from the renowned French appellations of Tavel, Bandol, Côtes De Provence amongst others.

The 2020 vintage of KEYA, Chiaretto do Bardolino DOC Classico  will be on tasting next week at Vinexpo Wine Paris at the Cru Tavel stand at Hall 4 E 305.

The 2021 vintage will be coming soon…

Highlights from the wine press

Robert Parker.com (December 2021)

  • 93 points: 3CRU, Amarone della Valpolicella DOCG Classico 2015
  • 90 points: CLOS ROARETI, Rosso Veronese IGT 2018
  • 88 points: POJEGA, Valpolicella Ripasso DOC Classico Superiore 2018

James Suckling.com (December 2021)

  • 95 points: VILLA RIZZARDI, Amarone della Valpolicella DOCG Classico Riserva 2015
  • 93 points CALCAROLE, Amarone della Valpolicella DOCG Classico Riserva 2015
  • 93 points CLOS ROARETI, Rosso Veronese IGT 20188
  • 90 points POJEGA, Valpolicella Ripasso DOC Classico Superiore 2019
  • 90 points CUVÉE XVII, Valpolicella DOC Classico 2020
  • 88 points CUVÉE XX, Soave DOC Classico 2020

GAMBERO ROSSO 2022 edition

  • TRE BICCHIERI: VILLA RIZZARDI, Amarone della Valpolicella DOCG Classico Riserva 2015
  • Due Bicchieri: CLOS ROARETI, Rosso Veronese IGT 2018
  • Due Bicchieri: POJEGA, Valpolicella Ripasso DOC Classico Superiore 2018
  • Due Bicchieri: CUVÉE XV, Bardolino DOC Classico 2020
  • Due Bicchieri: CUVÉE XX, Soave DOC Classico 2020
  • Due Bicchieri: FERRA, Soave DOC Classico 2019

 

VINI BUONI D’ITALIA 2022

    •  4 ****  VILLA RIZZARDI, Amarone della Valpolicella DOCG Classico Riserva 2015
    • 4 ****  FERRA, Soave DOC Classico 2019
    • 4 ****  KEYA, Bardolino DOC Chiaretto Classico 2020

 

BIBENDA 2022

  •  5 Grappoli:  CALCAROLE, Amarone della Valpolicella DOCG Classico Riserva 2015

Tre Bicchieri – VILLA RIZZARDI Amarone Riserva 2015

VILLA RIZZARDI, Amarone della Valpolicella DOCG Classico Riserva  2015 has been awarded Tre Bicchieri by Gambero Rosso Vini D’Italia (2022 Edition)

We are thrilled to have won our 12th Tre Bicchieri and especially as it is for the 2015, the first vintage of Villa Rizzardi in its new form as a Riserva.

Only 2,222 cases of six were made of this special wine, all numbered bottles and designed to mature for years

A summer of ‘Vino Rosa’

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


KEYA, Bardolino di Chiaretto DOC Classico  2020

95 points

Gorgeous aromatics; slightly deeper pink which carries through on the palate as a fuller wine; still with bracing and refreshing acidity; persistent; lovely hint of bitterness in the finish. Michael Apstein

KEYA, Bardolino di Chiaretto DOC Classico  2020

92 points

Bright old pink in appearance. Delicate and fragrant nose of fresh flowers, in addition some sour cherry and raspberry notes. Round and supple on the palate with a subtle onset gaining in body followed by fine raspberry fruit nuances with a soothing flow. Othmar Kiem & Simon Staffler

KEYA, Bardolino di Chiaretto DOC Classico  2020

90 points

The 2020 Bardolino Chiaretto Classico Keya opens up with delicate notes of peach skin, dried orange peel and dusty florals. It’s soft and enveloping with a soothing display of ripe melon and cooling herbal tones. The Keya tapers off incredibly long while maintaining vibrancy, as lingering minerality slowly fizzles out under an air of tropical citrus…. Eric Guido

KEYA, Bardolino di Chiaretto DOC Classico  2020

16.5/20

Touch of rosiness in the colour of this one. Ultra-crisp white citrus, cooking apples dipped in white pepper and crushed raspberries. The acidity in this wine is electrifying. So racy it tastes as if it’s breaking the speed limit in your mouth. Pomegranate pith. Very appetising…..Tamlyn Curren

 

 

 

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