About Pagus Bisano
Pagus Bisano is an Italian wine producer whose range brings together the classic denominations around Verona: Valpolicella, Amarone della Valpolicella, Bardolino and Soave Classico. Its six listed wines span light, fruit-led reds, a more substantial style made through ripasso, powerful dry wine from dried grapes, and a fresh white from the Soave hills. The house works within Veneto’s established regional vocabulary, where origin, grape variety and winemaking method are central to a wine’s character.
Valpolicella lies north of Verona, between the city and Lake Garda. It is principally a red-wine area in which Corvina is the leading grape, commonly supported by Rondinella and, according to the blend, Corvinone and Molinara. Pagus Bisano offers both Valpolicella Ripasso and Valpolicella Ripasso Superiore. In ripasso production, young Valpolicella is refermented or steeped on the grape skins remaining from Amarone. This gives more colour, flavour concentration and structure than standard Valpolicella, while remaining less imposing than Amarone.
Amarone della Valpolicella, including the Podere Poiano Amarone della Valpolicella bottling, is the producer’s most powerful red style. Grapes are dried after harvest under the traditional appassimento method, concentrating sugar, aromas and extract. Amarone is fermented dry and commonly combines ripe and dried dark fruit with cherry-stone, spice and cocoa-like notes, framed by a firm, warming structure. These are wines that benefit from a generous decant and food with real depth; good bottles can also evolve in the cellar.
Bardolino provides a lighter counterpoint. Its vineyards sit on Lake Garda’s eastern shore, where the lake moderates the climate. Corvina and Rondinella remain important, but the wines are generally paler and lighter, with fresh cherry, redcurrant and occasionally a subtle spicy edge. Soave Classico comes instead from the historic hill zone around Soave. Garganega is its principal grape, producing dry whites with citrus, white flowers and almond, and, in riper examples, a gently waxy texture. Trebbiano may play a supporting role in regional blends.
- Range drawn from four classic areas around Verona
- Ripasso gains depth through contact with Amarone skins
- Amarone is made with the appassimento method
- Bardolino benefits from Lake Garda’s moderating influence
- Soave Classico is Soave’s historic hill zone
All wines from Pagus Bisano
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Amarone della Valpolicella
Red · Rondinella, Corvinone, Corvina · Amarone della Valpolicella
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Bardolino
Red · Corvina, Rondinella, Molinara · Bardolino
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Podere Poiano Amarone della Valpolicella
Red · Corvina, Rondinella, Molinara · Valpolicella Ripasso
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Soave Classico
White · Garganega, Trebbiano · Soave Classico
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Valpolicella Ripasso
Red · Rondinella, Corvinone, Corvina · Valpolicella Ripasso
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Valpolicella Ripasso Superiore
Red · Molinara, Corvina, Rondinella · Valpolicella Ripasso
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