Amarone della Valpolicella and Cerasuolo di Vittoria: the power of appassimento meets the aromatic balance of Nero d’Avola and Frappato. Amarone della Valpolicella DOCG and Cerasuolo di Vittoria DOCG represent two radically different interpretations of Italian red wine. Amarone comes from Veneto and is shaped by appassimento, the controlled drying of grapes before fermentation. Cerasuolo di Vittoria comes from southeastern Sicily and is built on the partnership between Nero