11/11/2012 - Lyng wrote:

Surprisingly fresh nose with fruit. But a little tired. Not oxidated, but just a little tired. ok for the age

11/11/2012 - Lyng wrote:

Fantastic wine. But this time it got too little air. It was at a tasting, so only 90 minutes in bowl
Save it another 10 years, and you will be reworded big time...

11/11/2012 - Lyng wrote:

Was a little tired. Bubbles were almost gone... Too mad !! 1985 3 weeks ago - fantastic - drank it at Maurice Vesselle

10/29/2012 - Lyng wrote:

Fullbodied with matured fruit and tannins

7/22/2012 - Lyng wrote:

Perfect amarone for me... A mix of both "worlds" ( classico and Valp east )
Try it !!

6/30/2012 - Lyng wrote:

Fantastic surprice. thick and creamy where sensations in the nose keeps comming.
Dark ripe fruit, tar, tabacco, chokolate, wood and warmth from the alcohol all wrapped together in perfect harmony
Looong and powerfull taste. On it top but it evolved in the glass
Great experience !!

6/30/2012 - Lyng wrote:

Mature full bodied still showing youth and balance
Dark ripe fruit, tar, and chokolate wrapped around soft and pleasant acidity and tannins
Well balanced and on its top, where it can be for some years .

6/26/2012 - Lyng wrote:

Really a great burgundy. Traditionel smell of wet hei and marinated rasberries.
Good acidity and still very fresch and young. Glad I still have 6 left !!

6/18/2012 - Lyng wrote:

really a good wine as usual. The matureration reveales lots of dept. Very fullbodied and soft, still with acidity wraped perfectly together.
On top now - according to me. but the wine was even better on day 2...

4/22/2012 - Lyng wrote:

Has been one of my farvorittes. But 2009 needs to be drunk soon. The freshness and fruitness are fading.. But still ok wine

4/22/2012 - Lyng wrote:

Very nice amarone now. Good maturity. Needs to be drunk within 2-3 years. Still lots of sweetness in the wine, but tannins and acidity are there to make a better blend.. A good sharring wine. Too much sweetness to drink hole bottle yourself..

4/7/2012 - Lyng wrote:

Very nice Pinot - ripe and mature. A real pleasure..
Still ably to last a few years yet.

4/7/2012 - Lyng wrote:

Very sweet and portlike with too ripened fruit. Lots of power and an experience every time.
But too sweet for my openion. Only for cheeses...

3/18/2012 - Lyng wrote:

A nice experience.. A little light in the nose, but the taste is balanced with sweatness, chokolate, a little mint and soft tannins.
Drank over one hole day.. For me a little better than expected..

3/18/2012 - Lyng wrote:

Really a nice surprice.. More sweatnes than usual. Very balanced, and a lovely nose of strawberry and white chokolate with a little mint...
Drank over two days ( with a little help )

2/11/2012 - Lyng wrote:

Lovely amarone. Shows age and keeps youth. Liqurice, mint, dark fruit in a wellbalanced body. I am glad I still have one more.

12/28/2011 - Lyng wrote:

Tasted this wine many times. This time was the best. Needs time and time has come now. Keep for 3 years is ok. But it is not getting better
This is a huge amarone - in nose, mouth , all - this time the balance is perfect. Has loosened up it's roughness and is now a powerfull balanced amarone when it is best.
3 more in cellar, which I am happy for.
Drank over two days, and day one and two were both great!!

12/1/2011 - Lyng wrote:

Real amarone in the nose and in the mouth. Very traditionel, with tannins, sweetness and botrytis notes. Great!!

12/1/2011 - Lyng wrote:

Fantastic wine. First vintage and still going strong. Lots of power and very round and balabced
I am sorry I don't have more of this. But what an experience..

8/26/2011 - Lyng wrote:

Beautiful dark colour. Big nose with matureness and fruit
On the palate it is perfectly rounded. acids, tannins and and mature fruit pleases the mouth
It can last for another 5 years, but will not be better than today - I think

7/8/2011 - Lyng wrote:

Perfect now.
Still balanced and fresh. No problem to save 3 more years...

7/8/2011 - Lyng wrote:

Great now !! Their best vintage...

6/23/2011 - Lyng wrote:

RIP ... :(

6/23/2011 - Lyng wrote:

Wow. Smooth and heavy at the same time. More ready to drink than 2005.
Dark and fat. Spicy in the nose with licorice - sweet and english. Mint hints.
In the mouth creamy heavy and spicey. Very long aftertaste. Wanted to save for the next day - but impossible...

6/23/2011 - Lyng wrote:

Nice mature amarone. Still fruity in the nose. Tannins and acids are fine.
2.nd day still smooth and fine.

6/16/2011 - Lyng wrote:

The new king of Classico. Traditional - This is a multilayer amarone. Power, fruit, minerals, spicies, tabacco, sweetness... It goes on very long
Fantastic nose, The palate fills the mouth and stays in the mouth long after the wine is gone.
This is an amarone I will never get tired of . Bravo Federico..

5/29/2011 - Lyng wrote:

Very warm and spicy. Powerfull with great elegance. Hints from the pinot but very different still. I love it.

3/23/2011 - Lyng wrote:

Not their best vintage. Powerfull and good but a little out of balance. Too much acids

3/20/2011 - Lyng wrote:

No mousse left, but the "whitewine" was interesting.
Very smokey and full bodied. Sherry notes because of air interfeerence...
Could have been very big champagne....

3/20/2011 - Lyng wrote:

Beautifull wine. Medium bodied varm with strawberry leather, tabacco and minerals
In the mouth harmony, pleasure long taste with the same items.
Lovely - opens even more up after one hour in decanter...

2/20/2011 - Lyng wrote:

Waaooh. Peeking..
Perfectly balanced and full bodied. Long nice taste.. I love it

2/20/2011 - Lyng wrote:

Good body. Well balanced and enjoyable...

12/29/2010 - Lyng wrote:

Traditional amarone. Tiny and short nose, but the palate in the mouth makes it all worth.. Wow.
Mature and fullbodied, and still with fruit, acids and lovely soft tannins.. Will still be good for the next 3 years.
I am sorry that it was my last bottle.. Now I have to start on 2000.
My second best speri amarone. The best was speri amarone dbl. Mg 1990 served at speri place at a lovely dinner with speri family..

8/2/2010 - Lyng wrote:

Very good Cabernet from Valpolicella. Dried for 2½ month. slovenian oaks.
Different Cabernet than normal. Very good balance between acids, fruit, and tannins. Sweatness appears on second day because of the drying process.
At the momemt this wine is going to peak. But still has some years to go.

8/2/2010 - Lyng wrote:

Nice classic Barolo. As most Barolo's fine and tiny in the nose. The palate however offers tabacco, leather, clay, moderate burned fruit and spices.
Feminin Barolo which goes towards Burgundy. I love it. Still to keep for some years to go

6/28/2010 - Lyng wrote:

Still not peeking but fantastic amarone now. Fresh with lots of fruit, soft acids and tannins. Vey powerfull.
Big traditional nose. In the mouth I find Cherry, spicey fruit, licorice, chocolate and integrated wood. Real amarone. I can't wait for the next years to follow this vintage.

6/28/2010 - Lyng wrote:

I have been following this vintage for some years. Now it is peeking!! Changing from classic total dry amarone to sweet plumb, still with lots of acids and tannins. Turns into "Bussola" style.
The nose is calm and small, but the taste is fantastic. Not too sweet, because of the acids and tannins. I will drink the rest withinn the next year or two. Looking forward !!

4/28/2010 - Lyng wrote:

3 hours in decanter the day before we had to drink it. Very powerfull nose with liquorice, caramel, tobacco, ripe dark fruit and spices - a little mint and wet clay.
Very balanced with notable alcohol integraded into a perfect harmony. Fruit, acids and tannins in total balance. Very powerfull elegant..
Best superiore I have tasted from him.

4/28/2010 - Lyng wrote:

Opened in the morning - 3 hours in decanter and drunk in the evening.
Very big nose. First the port aromaes appears. And they are staying all the way. Caramel, tobacco, liquorice, plums, dark spices and ripe fruit. Everything in a mix.. Lovely.
On the palate - Extreemly silky and powerfull at the same time. Nose and mouth fits together perfectly..
Very looong finish, still with good tannins..
If you like port - you will adore this amarone. The champ !!

4/28/2010 - Lyng wrote:

Extreemly dark colour. I almost had to through out my decanter.. Unfiltered
In the nose still a little closed. decanting this amarone 3 hour in the morning - drink in the evening. Too little air - of respect to Romano Dal Forno which do not allow oxygen in his wines at all.
Still tobacco box aroma along with dark spices, ripe black fruit, liquorice - the english one - and lots of potentials.
In the mouth extreemly powerfull, full bodied, fat and creamy with huge fruits marinaded in alcohol.. Wow!!
2'nd best vintage tasted from Dal Forno. ( 97 the best )
A wine to remember...

4/28/2010 - Lyng wrote:

Very sweet amarone, but still with acids and very soft tannins. Amandolato like amarone.
Velvetly round and pleasant- great drinkability. Drink now!! and with no food..

4/28/2010 - Lyng wrote:

Very clean, dark and powerfull. Fantastic balance between the dark fruits - plums, cherries and raisins - acids and tannins, which are very soft and pleasant.
Drinkability... Very nice.. Still have some years to go..

4/28/2010 - Lyng wrote:

Drank in a restaurant in Negrar.
Maturity - Combined with the biggest palate of elegancy and power I have ever tasted!! Loooong velvetly and varm finish.
One of the best wines ever tasted... Perfect!! I still have one more - LUCKY ME !!!

2/22/2010 - Lyng wrote:

Varm nose - jammy and plum. In the mouth the wine is very sweet, but warm from high alcohol. The power and acidity is good for this 11 years old wine.
It's not a food wine, but for meditation. But only one big glass. Or else it will be too much..
Armandolato like....
Wasn't good for my purpose.

2/6/2010 - Lyng wrote:

Wow ! Elegancy and smoothnes. Smells like old stables, very classic. Great harmony and lots of fruit. Cherry and strawberry with hae and cigarbox. Everything packet together in harmony.
My kind of Burgundy..

2/6/2010 - Lyng wrote:

Very dark and closed amarone in the nose and mouth. Even after some hours, the wine is still hard and out of balance. No fruit at all to find.
Day 2 : Seems a little oxidated in the nose. Still totally out of balance. Big disapointment !! Perhaps same problem as some of Montecariano amarone vintage 2003.
I had greater expectations.. Poor..

2/6/2010 - Lyng wrote:

Refined and perfect balanced wine. I think this vintage is on top right now. Proberbly for the next two years also..
Total harmony between acid, fruit and tannins. Everything velvet at soft. a masterpiece !! Mi piace !!

1/8/2010 - Lyng wrote:

Day 2. Even more soft and no sign of the wine getting tired.
Going torwards Burgundhi style.. The fruit is more present than yesterday. Also hints of chocolate..

1/8/2010 - Lyng wrote:

Wow !! Plump and smooth. Lots of Blackcurrent, pepper and liqurice. soft tannins. Best Gigondas value for money...

1/8/2010 - Lyng wrote:

Very dark potent wine- in the nose it reminds of Priorat and amarone at the same time. Lots of Liqurice, tobacco and tons of fruit. good acid and balance. Very drinkably if you want heavy velvet. And still years to go for this wine..
Wanted to try out for two days but it was impossible ( half bottle ) too good.. Yummy !!