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The Campagnola family estates extend from the Valpolicella Classica to the Bardolino area on the shores of Lake Garda; from the territories of Mortegliano in Friuli-Venezia Giulia to the rolling hills of Bucchianico in Abruzzo.
Campagnola is a family and a company as well as a welcoming home for all those who come here to hear the narratives of hands that work and of faces with stories to tell.
To be involved in a reality like Campagnola is a unique experience, a fascinating timeless journey, authentic and typical flavors of the area.
The production process
The harvest
In Valpolicella the harvest is more than an essential stage in the growing of generous grapes. For this land, the harvest is a genuine expression of life, a way of being together, an event that makes everyone a part. A feeling of community is passed from family to family, generation to generation. A tradition held high for 110 years. Keeping a love of the land alive in the Campagnola family with a love of work and of its fruits.
DRYING OF THE GRAPES
Balance and experience in the drying method developed by the Campagnola family are the key to producing Amarone and the great red wines of Valpolicella. After an attentive harvest and careful selection of the vineyard’s finest grapes, the ripest bunches are carefully placed on special trays that will remain in modern drying rooms for three months and more. During this time the relative humidity and the ventilation are constantly monitored to ensure the perfect degree of raisining. The grapes thus naturally get rid of their aqueous component, acquiring more concentration in aromas, acidity and polyphenolic complexity.
It is in the drying loft where the whole magic happens!
AGEING
The natural completion of the Amarone production process is ageing. Its duration varies according to the methods and times imposed by the grapes bringing to an evolution of color and aromatic profile.
The Barricaia, the ideal space for aging great red wines, is probably the most evocative part of the cellar; here lay 700 French oak barrels from Allier that contain the finest wines for the delicate aging process.
Ageing in wood, which may be in great barrels in Slavonian oak or in modern French oak barriques, encourages adequate elevation and helps stabilize the color through a slow exchange of oxygen from the outside air.
Unrepeatable wines elsewhere, it is from this harmonious combination of commitment and passion that come to life here.