Tenute Ca' Botta

About Tenute Ca' Botta

Tenute Ca’ Botta is an Italian producer whose range brings together two markedly different wine traditions: Amarone della Valpolicella from Veneto and Lambrusco Salamino di Santa Croce from Emilia. The available selection includes Tenuta Cajo’ Amarone della Valpolicella, Rosé Frizzante, and Lambrusco Salamino di S. Croce Secco. Reliable details on the estate’s founding, ownership, and individual vineyard sites are not available here, so its identity is best understood through these appellations and styles.

Amarone della Valpolicella comes from the hills north of Verona. Corvina and Corvinone usually provide its backbone, supported by Rondinella and, in some cases, Oseleta. For Amarone, sound grapes are dried after harvest using the appassimento process, concentrating sugar, flavour, and structure before fermentation. The result is a dry, full-bodied, high-alcohol red, often suggesting dried cherry, plum, cocoa, spice, and occasionally balsamic notes. Tenuta Cajo’ Amarone belongs to this established gastronomic tradition; the exact varietal proportions and maturation regime may vary by vintage.

Lambrusco Salamino di Santa Croce DOC, by contrast, comes from the plains around Modena in Emilia-Romagna. Salamino takes its name from the compact, cylindrical form of the bunches. A secco bottling is dry and generally fresh and sparkling, combining dark berry fruit and violet notes with lively acidity and a gently savoury edge. Rosé Frizzante denotes a lightly sparkling rosé style; without a technical sheet, its precise origin and composition should not be assumed.

This makes Tenute Ca’ Botta of interest to drinkers who want to explore both the depth of dried-grape wine and the immediate appeal of frizzante. Amarone rewards a place at the table and, depending on the vintage and cuvée, can evolve further in bottle. Dry Lambrusco, meanwhile, demonstrates how effectively red-fruit character, freshness, and bubbles suit the food of its region.

• Amarone della Valpolicella is a DOCG of Veneto.
• Amarone is made from dried grapes through appassimento.
• Lambrusco Salamino di Santa Croce is a DOC around Modena.
• Secco means dry, making Lambrusco highly food-friendly.
• The database lists three wines from Tenute Ca’ Botta.