This is the first Amarone I've had for a while and the first I've had a chance to drink with an eye on a review. This one from Brigaldara was opened for a good hour before drinking.
This was a muscular, finely tannic wine with some spicy raisiny fruit and very little acidity. As usual with a fine wine the balance and harmony of this wine impressed me hugely and add to that a lingering finish and there's not much more you'd ask for in a wine, perhaps if it was 20 quid cheaper! BTW this Amarone came in at a whopping 16% abv, although it didn't taste overly strong.
**Only kidding , of course it doesn't - full details of the Amarone/Ripasso process here.
Drinking an Amarone Della V at the moment. Zenato 2005. Wow! Tasty. And at 16.5%, goes a way towards keeping out the winter chill..
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