Here is another beautiful wine from Franco Scamperle and the talented team at Le Salette. The 2015 Amarone della Valpolicella Classico La Marega is 70% Corvina and Corvinone with 30% Dindarella, Rondinella and Oseleta that sees five months of appassimento. You'll find slightly less residual sugar (with slightly less alcohol at 15.5%), which gives this wine more austerity and aromas that veer toward dark fruit, pressed blackberry, savory spice, mesquite and barbecue smoke. Try to find a ring of Bossolà or another sweet bread to serve here sliced along with Taleggio or Piave cheeses. Some 20,000 bottles were made.

Rich hints of date, herb and balsamic accent the sun-dried cherry, violet and spiced orange flavors in this medium-bodied red. Bright and lightly mouthwatering, with a creamy finish. Drink now through 2023. 1,666 cases made, 100 cases imported.??–AN??Region: Italy / Amarone della Valpolicella Classico Select to Add