The top-shelf wine from Allegrini is the 2013 Amarone della Valpolicella Classico Riserva Fieramonte. This full-bodied wine is 45% Corvina, 45% Corvinone, 5% Rondinella and 5% Oseleta. After harvest, the grapes see 120 days of appassimento. Fieramonte pours from the bottle with inky rich concentration and a blackish color. The wine offers lovely dimension, depth and texture, and these qualities are especially noteworthy in this cool vintage with a longer growing season. There are some oak renderings of toast and cinnamon on the close, and I would suggest giving this wine another five years of cellar time.

A rich red that dances across the palate, effortlessly marrying fine, chalky tannins with an intricate range of plumped cherry, roasted fig, espresso and a subtle vein of minerality. Aromatic accents of dried marjoram and sandalwood echo on the elegant finish. Corvina and Rondinella. Drink now through 2033. 250 cases made, 40 cases imported.??–AN??Region: Italy / Amarone della Valpolicella Classico Select to Add