Maturing Amarone Blindtasted
Tom's House, Palo Alto, CA
Tasted Thursday, December 16, 2010 by rjonwine@gmail.com with 409 views
Flight 1 - My TNs and group scoring (8 Notes)
Tom's House, Palo Alto, CA
Tasted Thursday, December 16, 2010 by rjonwine@gmail.com with 409 views
1997 Stefano Accordini Amarone della Valpolicella Classico Acinatico 91 Points
Italy, Veneto, Valpolicella, Amarone della Valpolicella Classico
Group's #1 (my #4) – 44 pts; 2 firsts, 5 seconds, 0 thirds, 0 last places – slightly bricking dark red violet color; herbal, dried berry, charcoal, menthol, graphite, tar nose tight, tart plum, leather, graphite, tar palate, needs 3-4 years; long finish
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1999 Allegrini Amarone della Valpolicella Classico 95 Points
Italy, Veneto, Valpolicella, Amarone della Valpolicella Classico
Group's #2 (my #1) – 46 pts.; 2, 2, 3, 1 - very dark magenta color; mushroom, tobacco, dried leather nose; rich, youthful, complex, dried berry, dried black fruit, tar, licorice, herbal palate; long finish
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2001 Allegrini Amarone della Valpolicella Classico 92 Points
Italy, Veneto, Valpolicella, Amarone della Valpolicella Classico
Group's #3 (my #3) – 50 pts.; 2, 1, 3, 0 - very dark red violet color; mature, weedy, tobacco, charcoal, fig nose; tight, tart fig, tobacco, graphite palate, quite dry; medium-plus finish 92+ pts.
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2003 Conte di Bregonzo Amarone della Valpolicella Classico 88 Points
Italy, Veneto, Valpolicella, Amarone della Valpolicella Classico
Group's #4 (my #5) – 50 pts.; 2, 1, 2, 0 - dark red violet color; herbal, tobacco, earthy nose; tight, tobacco, herbal, cigar box palate; medium-plus finish
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1997 Allegrini Amarone della Valpolicella Classico 94 Points
Italy, Veneto, Valpolicella, Amarone della Valpolicella Classico
Group's #5 (my #2) – 55 pts.; 1, 4, 1, 0 - slightly bricking dark red violet color; redolent, dried berry, dried fig, licorice, tar nose; youthful, dried berry, tar, charcoal, licorice, ripe black fruit palate with medium acidity, needs 4-5 years; long finish
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1997 Conte di Bregonzo Amarone della Valpolicella Classico 52 Points
Italy, Veneto, Valpolicella, Amarone della Valpolicella Classico
Group's #6 (my #8) – 71 pts.; 1, 0, 3, 2 - slightly bricking dark red violet color; pinched, oak, dill, herbal nose; sour, odd, dill pickle jar palate; medium finish (this could be a faulty bottle, as it was significantly worse than when I last tried it earlier this year)
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2000 Allegrini Palazzo della Torre Veronese IGT 83 Points
Italy, Veneto, Veronese IGT
Group's #7 (my #7) – 72 pts.; 1, 0, 1, 4 - slightly bricking dark red violet color; dried berry, oak, smoke, charcoal nose; clunky, dried out, tar, tobacco, tannic palate; medium-plus finish
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1998 Allegrini Amarone della Valpolicella Classico 88 Points
Italy, Veneto, Valpolicella, Amarone della Valpolicella Classico
Group's #8 (my #6) – 81 pts.; 2, 0, 0, 6 - slightly bricking medium dark red violet color; dried berry, licorice, tar, clove, fig, baked berry nose; maderized, single-dimensional, baked plum, cheap ginger cake palate; long finish
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