Quintarelli Giuseppe

The legendary Giuseppe Quintarelli farmed his Monte Ca' Paletta estate near Negrar using techniques unchanged since the 1950s — including drying grapes for 4–5 months (longer than any other producer) and aging wines for 7–15 years before release. His son-in-law Giampaolo Farina continues the tradition. The wines are among the longest-lived reds produced anywhere on earth.

Quintarelli is universally considered the definitive Amarone producer — the reference point against which all others are measured. The 1988, 1990, 1995, and 2003 vintages have received multiple 100-point scores. Wine Spectator ranked Quintarelli Amarone 1988 as one of the 10 greatest wines ever made. Production is deliberately tiny.