Giuseppe Quintarelli

The Quintarelli family’s winery dates to 1906 at Cerè above Negrar in Valpolicella. Giuseppe Quintarelli, known as Bepi, was selective about the fruit he used and the wines he released as Amarone. Since his death in 2012, his daughter Fiorenza, son-in-law Giampaolo and grandsons Francesco and Lorenzo have carried that family work forward.

Grapes for many of the wines are dried before fermentation, a process known as appassimento. Long fermentations and extended ageing in large Slavonian oak casks are central to the cellar’s approach. The bottles carry hand-lettered labels.