The wines of Corte Rugolin

The Coati family of winery Corte Rugolin has made wine for four generations in the Italian wine region of Valpolicella. It is a small family business with 12 hectares of vineyards. With great care and dedication they make lovely Valpolicella Classico wines, fine Ripassos and delicious Amarones.

Federico Coati heads the company. He tends the vineyards and makes the wines, while his sister Elena handles administration, marketing and export. Federico's great-great-great-grandfather Giuseppe already worked in the same vineyards, but he sold his grapes. Great-great-grandfather Fortunato was the first to start making Recioto and Amarone himself - initially on a modest scale. Grandfather Giuseppe took it a step further and ran the business until 1998 together with his son Bruno, when Federico and Elena took over the lead.

Federico and Elena introduced important innovations in the cellar. They set themselves the goal of making top wines that could be sold internationally. They gave the winery its current name: Corte Rugolin, after the 16th-century courtyard on the grounds of their estate.

The family's vineyards lie on hills of limestone and clay, right in the middle of the Valpolicella Classico region, twenty kilometers above Verona. They are planted with grape varieties typical of the region, such as Corvina, Corvinone and Rondinella, but also lesser-known ones like Molinara, Dindarella and Croatina.

If you want to know more about this winery, here you will find the link to the website of Corte Rugolin.