The Monte del Frá 2013 Amarone della Valpolicella Classico Lena di Mezzo (a blend of Corvina, Corvinone and Rondinella) undergoes a long appassimento process, lasting anywhere from three to four months, depending on the conditions of the vintage. Hot vintages tend to be followed by slightly shorter dehydration times. This is a very sharp and buttoned up expression that shows a crisper and tighter personality than its peers. The grapes are fermented cold, and malolactic fermentation is in stainless steel, thus the intensity of those dried berry aromas is maintained well throughout the process. This is a full-bodied Amarone that has the inner elegance to pair with a white meat such as roasted pork with crunchy pork skins. Some 60,000 bottles were released.