A hot-vintage blend of 80% Corvina and 20% Rondinella, the Santi 2017 Amarone della Valpolicella Classico Santico (with 85,000 bottles made) is characteristic of this category made with air-dried fruit. It shows lots of power and concentration with dark fruit, scorched earth, asphalt and tar. You also get raisin or dried plum along with leather and cured tobacco. Santico prizes brawn over complexity and ends with a powerful 16% alcohol content.