1993 Brigaldara Amarone della Valpolicella Classico

Community Tasting Notes (1) Avg Score: 90 points

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  11/2/2012 - CarpeVinoDiem wrote: 90 Points

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  Decanted 2 hrs.
  
  Very minor sediment. Cork had 1/8" dry at the very top (good timing).
  
  Look: Lt. bricking edge '99.
  
  Nose: Brown sugar, black cherry, fig, vanilla, lt. tar, maple.
  
  Body: 2.5% milk.
  
  Mouth: Nice black cherry, brown sugar, lt. fig, vanilla, lt. tarm maple. Lt. truffles.
  A bit more rustic than the Tommasi '95 in a Magnum (my top fave so far), but still Very Nice.
  Good solid fruit throughout and nice almost '96 Barbaresco-ish tannins on the end.
  
  Probably the oldest Amarone I have had so far. I assume this is a maker that generally doesn't get to the US at all (nice find).
  
  Finish: About 1.5 minutes.
  
  PRIMO with my new creation: Bone-in Pork roast with seared external rub of brown sugar, herbs, and lt. mustard
  then cooked in a Veneto Corvina/Cab Sauv/Sang blend (Righetti's Valsaia from '03, but any Pinot Noir or Valpolicella would work)
  with a topping of whole cranberries
  and cooked over 3 hrs (5.5 lb roast) to 160 degrees internal temp.
  
  90/91 pts.
  
  Enjoy now or re-cork any you have and revisit in a couple of yrs.
  
  Pork roast was the "belle of the ball".

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