Amarone della Valpolicella DOCG – 2009 – 93 points – Wine & Spirits
93 points
“This inky black wine is so dense and chewy it feels more like a meal than a beverage. Intense flavors roll out in waves of soft black fruit, dried tomato, charred meat and tobacco. The wine underwent a long fermentation, starting in stainless steel tanks for about two weeks and continuing in new barriques for 18 months, gaining a luscious texture and rich tones of dark chocolate, anise and cardamom…”