Christmas 2023: Amarone Monte del Frà meets the art of chocolate

Share the joy of the holidays with a touch of elegance and refinement. Monte del Frà , the Bonomo family's winery in Sommacampagna (Verona), offers a box for the upcoming Christmas holidays that contains the Amarone della Valpolicella Classico DOCG Tenuta Lena di Mezzo and an elegant bar of Extra Bitter artisanal chocolate 61% Valrhona , created by the creative designer Liudmila Pascurova , aka Lucrea Chocolate . The triangular package, with a wallet opening, is embellished with a Christmas-themed decoration. Amarone Tenuta Lena di Mezzo has a deep ruby red color with garnet shades. The nose is complex, with hints of cherries in alcohol, plums, liquorice, leather, tobacco, cocoa and spices such as black pepper. As it evolves in the bottle, notes of coffee emerge. Very versatile in combination with large dishes, it is also excellent as a meditation wine. The enveloping and intense sip goes well with the orange aromas wrapped in dark chocolate. “For our family, Amarone Tenuta Lena di Mezzo is the wine of the heart, produced with the best grapes and the greatest attention: slow and gradual drying, large woods and indigenous yeasts, for a result in the glass of extreme elegance, pure and essential – says Marica Bonomo , foreign sales manager of Monte del Frà –. This is why we wanted to make it the protagonist of Christmas 2023, combining it with a quality product that can also win over artisan chocolate lovers." Lucrea's creations prove to be a perfect combination of visual beauty and harmony of flavors . The fruit of different cocoas from the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Madagascar, Ivory Coast and Ghana, assembled in such a way as to obtain the unique and intense taste of Extra Bitter, the bar is enriched with a silky Sicilian blood orange ganache which , thanks to the presence of the zest, makes this combination unique. “For our Christmas gift packages we have chosen to rely on the expertise of Lucrea – declares Silvia Bonomo , reception manager of the winery – The chocolate we have selected highlights the nuances of our Amarone Tenuta Lena di Mezzo , surprising the palate in an intriguing game of consistencies and combinations”. The Christmas box will be available at the price of 44 euros in the Monte del Frà online shop, in the company sales point and in the best wine shops starting from November.