About

RUBINELLI VAJOL is a small family run winery situated in the heart of Valpolicella classica, at San Pietro in Cariano.

RUBINELLI is the surname of our family and VAJOL is the name of our land as well as the name of the CRU.

Gaetano Rubinelli, the founder of a family, which has lived in Valpolicella for generations, projected and built the Chievo Dam along the river Adige. 

RUBINELLI VAJOL is managed by the second and third generation of the engineer Giorgio Rubinelli, respectively his two sons, Renzo and Alberto, and his nephews, Nicola and Elena.

The beautiful restored tufa country house surrounded by its vineyards was bought by the father of Giorgio, Gaetano Rubinelli, in 1953 since he was fascinated by the perfect setting of his native land.

Rubinelli Vajol Philosopy is to offer the beauty and deliciousness coming from the heart of Valpolicella classica.

Set between the thousand-year-old Pieve of San Floriano and San Pietro in Cariano, the main municipality of Valpolicella classica, the Vajol farmland unfolds to the eye in a splendid valley of 10 hectares of vineyards, all south facing, within the CRU VAJOL: a perfect harmony of sloping fields and hills with  the house, the wine cellar, the Corte Sant'Anna and the drying lofts set at the centre.

With the five red wines of Valpolicella, the RUBINELLI family is the only producer in this CRU.

The vineyards receive water naturally,  even in the driest seasons, absorbing the  necessary amount from ground water that flows a few metres under the fields of  Conca del Vajol. The presence of this water is also shown by the still active natural spring, cited in an official document dated 1635 of the Serenissima Republic of Venice as ‘ the fount of Vajol’.

RUBINELLI VAJOL only produces numbered bottles of Valpolicella wines and the total production is around 80.000 bottles per year.

Our wine cellar is entirely excavated and built inside the hill so that we can defend and protect the environment, which is thus enhanced by architectural works and perfectly integrated and sustainable.

During the end of 2022 we have been recognized as the best italian winery from two international wine guides:

WineMag 2023, Top 100 Best Italian Wines 2023 Guide: Maximum Recognition - Italian Winery of the year 2023 (https://www.winemag.it/rubinelli-vajol-cantina-italiana-dell-anno-2023-winemag-it/)

The award of the Best Winery of 2023 went to Rubinelli Vajol of San Pietro in Cariano located in Valpolicella classica, with three award-winning wines."It is a beautiful story that of the brothers Alberto and Renzo Rubinelli and Nicola Scienza. For some time now, well-made wines have been coming from their winery, which is so closed to the wonderful Romanesque church of San Floriano. Every year, in a silent and constant way, their wines denote a continual qualitative increase until today. They give us wines that are deeply linked to the territory, representing it faithfully". published by L'Arena, Italian Newspaper on October 14th 2022 

(https://www.larena.it/rubriche/wine-food/miglior-vino-all-amarone-dal-forno-1.9678802)

and last year, Rubinelli Vajol, valpolicella classico DOC has been considered as one of the Best 10 Italy's lighter red wines by Decanter - 95 points.