Tommasi Amarone della Valpolicella 2020 SF Chronicle Grains de Celles is the

Grains de Celles is the flagship: Pinot Noir with Chardonnay and a full quarter Pinot Blanc

Drink it now

light mouthfeel

or of course in a margarita

In the cellar

Tommasi Amarone della Valpolicella 2020 SF Chronicle Grains de Celles is theAmarone starts with patience: after harvest the grapes are laid out on traditional bamboo racks and left to dry for around 100 days, shriveling until everything in them is concentrated. The Tommasi family have been doing this in Valpolicella since 1902, when Giacomo Tommasi bought his first vineyard, and they released their first Amarone in 1959. Four generations later this remains their calling card, a Corvina led red built for the cold months. It is