Amarone
Allegrini
Amarone della Valpolicella Classico Corvina Blend 2019
The 2019 Amarone della Valpolicella Classico is youthfully understated, requiring coaxing to reveal its depths of dried black cherries, mocha and cloves, all lifted by a hint of fresh mint. This impresses with its blend of sweet spices, opulent ripe wild berry fruits and silken textures, all balanced by brisk acidity and a pleasantly bitter tinge of dark chocolate toward the close. This finishes classically dry with dramatic length and potency, leaving a coating of fine-grained tannins that saturates, promising many years of positive evolution. Allegrini knocked this one out of the park. Wow. (Eric Guido, Vinous, February 2024)
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Romano Dal Forno
Amarone della Valpolicella Corvina Blend 2010
The 2010 Amarone della Valpolicella is an elegant beauty, with cooling herbal tones and cloves embellishing baked cherries and hints of incense. This opens with a lovely inner sweetness, its ripe red and black fruits energized by vibrant acidity. Violet florals and suggestions of cocoa swirl throughout. The 2010 finishes long—still slightly tannic yet coming into its own, leaving a mentholated freshness and a tinge of cinnamon spice that lingers on. While this is made in the older style of Dal Forno, sporting just over six grams-per-liter of residual sugar, 17% alcohol and 100% American oak, the balance is absolutely perfect. (Eric Guido, Vinous, February 2024)
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Masi
Contemporary Art Costasera Amarone Valpolicella Classico Corvina Blend 2018
On enchanted princess in the Caribbean. Very nice ama tone. Cherries and smooth — 22 days ago
Zenato
Amarone della Valpolicella Classico Corvina Blend
Amarone is great! This was was pretty good although haven’t had a lot of bad Amarone — a month ago
Brigaldara
Case Vecie Amarone della Valpolicella Corvina Blend 2013
The 2013 Amarone della Valpolicella Case Vecie blossoms in the glass with a spicy blend of crushed cherries and blackberries, complemented by violet pastille and hints of sweet smoke. This is cool-toned and sleek with silky textures and admirable weight, yet all is kept perfectly in balance by a core of brisk acidity. Depths of tart wild berry fruit saturate while bitter dark chocolate and inner rose tones swirl throughout. The 2013 leaves the palate reeling with tension as crunchy tannins take hold and notes of licorice and orange slowly fade. This is built for the cellar and is slowly maturing in bottle. (Eric Guido, Vinous, February 2024)
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Christopher Ash
Plump plum and blackberry fruit is beautifully framed by spicy vanillin oak, supple tannins and a long, juicy finish. — 10 days ago