Six Brigaldara bottles lined up on the table, all wearing the same label. One family, one signature. Soave through to three Amarones; more than a century of Veneto winemaking in a couple of hours.
What landed
- Soave 2022, fresh starter
- Valpolicella Superiore Case Vecie
- Valpolicella Superiore Ripasso
- Amarone della Valpolicella Cavolo
- Amarone della Valpolicella Case Vecie
- Amarone della Valpolicella Classico
The six look like one library, not a row of unrelated experiments. Same livery, same intent, very different jobs.
Earlier encounters
I had crossed paths with Brigaldara before, mostly on the Amarone end. What stuck even then: tradition without the heavy makeup. Full fruit, smooth finish, none of the sticky-sweet drift that Amarone sometimes slides into.
That alone was reason enough to put the whole range side by side.
How I tasted
Started with the Soave, worked up to the Amarones, with a day or two between bottles to watch them open up. Some wines bloom on day two; others peak and shut down. Useful sieve for separating well-built wines from cosmetic ones.
Per-bottle reviews to follow. Headline take: a producer that treats both the entry-level and the top tier seriously. That tells you something.
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