Dal Forno Romano
Amarone della Valpolicella DOCG
Amarone della Valpolicella DOCG 'Monte Lodoletta' differs from the Valpolicella Superiore DOC 'Monte Lodoletta' in three key ways. First, its drying period lasts three months rather than one and a half. Second, following company philosophy, Amarone uses only grapes from vineyards over ten years old. Third, the grapes come from the estate's most premium vineyards, selected for their superior soil and climate conditions. Apart from these distinctions, both wines share similar production and maturation methods. However, Amarone stands apart from its younger sibling with its greater power and elegance. It demonstrates superior complexity, depth, and persistence.
The estate vineyards and farm are located where the slopes begin to rise toward the mountains and sit 1,000 feet above sea level.
- Region
- Veneto
- Appellation
- Amarone della Valpolicella DOCG
- Varietal Composition
- Corvina, Rondinella, Oseleta, Croatina, Corvinone
- Aging
- Aged 24 months, 50% in French oak and 50% in American oak
Complex aromas of black cherries, blueberries, and chocolate hint at the luxurious ripe fruit that unfolds on the palate with remarkable persistence. The finish reveals delicate notes of truffle, tobacco, and new leather. This wine's impressive depth suggests significant aging potential, promising a long evolution ahead.
Wine Spectator
96 Points
2018
"Fragrant and enticing, exuding ripe fruit, incense and India ink aromas. This is tightly meshed and focused, with a muscular core of tannins enmeshed in flavors of pureed mulberry and boysenberry fruit, violet, herbed black olive and fig paste. This shows real depth of flavor and length but also bright freshness and animation. Spice, graphite and tar-tinged mineral notes lace the long finish. Corvina, Rondinella, Oseleta and Croatina."
— Alison Napjus, 2025
Wine Advocate
94 Points
2018
"The Dal Forno Romano 2018 Amarone della Valpolicella Monte Lodoletta shows similar intensity and complexity compared to the 2019 vintage, but these remain two very different wines at the end of the day. The 2018 vintage shows extra fruit ripeness and even some jammy flavors with cherry confit and blackberry coulis. The tannins also appear softer (comparatively, although we are still talking about a Dal Forno Amarone—probably the wine with the biggest tannins I taste from Italy). That velvety structural texture gives this wine a more accessible approach, although the wine's ideal drinking window remains a far way off. The 2018 delivers pretty floral aromas of rose or dried lavender that seem specific to this vintage with a hot summer and cooler harvest conditions."
— Monica Larner, 2024
