This is a blend of 70% Corvina, 20% Corvinone and 10% Rondinella from a dry vintage with fruit that has been submitted to the appassimento process. The 2018 Amarone della Valpolicella shows lots of sweet oak, toasted spice and barbecue smoke. The wine is very intense and alcoholic (with a 16% alcohol content), followed by syrupy-rich dark fruit flavors. This is a wine of ample muscle and brawn. 20,000 bottles were released.

Pleasant spicy and nutty aromas blend into intense, prune-like fruit on the palate. This is full-bodied and very intense, with firm tannins and tangy dried-fruit and cedar flavors. Extremely youthful Amarone, which will need plenty of years to mellow and broaden. Yet, it’s fun to drink now in its fresh stage. Drink or hold.

A savory version, with generous green olive, tobacco, smoke and loamy earth notes, this is plush and creamy in texture, carrying juicy notes of sun-dried black cherry and date fruit. Moderate finish. Corvina, Corvinone and Rondinella. Drink now through 2026. 5,000 cases made, 1,000 cases imported.??–AN??Region: Italy / Amarone della Valpolicella Select to Add