Valpolicella, Verona, Veneto, Italy
Tobacco, cedar and spice notes frame dried black cherries and bitter chocolate. Resolved tannins. Somewhat rustic.
Tobacco, cedar and spice notes frame dried black cherries and bitter chocolate. Resolved tannins. Somewhat rustic.
Apr 2nd, 2018
Special occasion wine that could still many years in the bottle.
Special occasion wine that could still many years in the bottle.
Mar 10th, 2018A nice red licorice, with plum overtones.
A nice red licorice, with plum overtones.
Jan 28th, 2018
Rich and rough with some licorice, Brandy, and Earthsea black plums
Rich and rough with some licorice, Brandy, and Earthsea black plums
Oct 10th, 2017
Dense dark crimson. Minerals Dark Berries and chocolate notes. On the palate concentrated and rich from the Passito process. Chocolate City with touches of tar. When in Venice do as the Venetians!!
Dense dark crimson. Minerals Dark Berries and chocolate notes. On the palate concentrated and rich from the Passito process. Chocolate City with touches of tar. When in Venice do as the Venetians!!
Oct 8th, 2017
Deep ruby with mocha and plum notes on the nose and palate. Finish reminiscent of chocolate covered cherries. Lovely wine and surprisingly subtle for having 15.5%abv
Deep ruby with mocha and plum notes on the nose and palate. Finish reminiscent of chocolate covered cherries. Lovely wine and surprisingly subtle for having 15.5%abv
Jul 18th, 2017
I miss Marilisa. Great woman Great wine. Both are the picture of class.
I miss Marilisa. Great woman Great wine. Both are the picture of class.
2 people found it helpfulOct 22nd, 2014
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)
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)
Cocoa, cinnamon and clove come together with crushed plums and balsam herbs as the 2018 Amarone della Valpolicella Classico blossoms in the glass. This is silky and enveloping yet cool-toned in feel, with depths of dark red fruits nicely contrasted by a core of saline minerality. The 2018 finishes structured and long, tugging at the palate with grippy tannins as hints of Baker's chocolate and inner rose slowly fade. This is a vertical and racy edition of Allegrini Amarone, but it will require some time to come fully into focus. (Eric Guido, Vinous, March 2023)
Cocoa, cinnamon and clove come together with crushed plums and balsam herbs as the 2018 Amarone della Valpolicella Classico blossoms in the glass. This is silky and enveloping yet cool-toned in feel, with depths of dark red fruits nicely contrasted by a core of saline minerality. The 2018 finishes structured and long, tugging at the palate with grippy tannins as hints of Baker's chocolate and inner rose slowly fade. This is a vertical and racy edition of Allegrini Amarone, but it will require some time to come fully into focus. (Eric Guido, Vinous, March 2023)
1 person found it helpfulMar 23rd, 2023
