February 9, 2024 - Blackberry, currant, an dried prune. Hitting the right notes.
October 14, 2022 - Notes of tobacco, black plum, and spice. A bit dry on the finish and without much of the raisin notes I expect of an Amarone. Definitely benefits from air.
September 11, 2022 - A great pleasure. Decanted in an Italian restaurant with pasta. Dark color. Rich and intense nose. Complex and fruity on the palate. Plum and dark cherries, vanilla, tobacco and coffee. Long and silky finish. Harmonious and round.
August 7, 2022 - Young looking cork. Very deep mulberry in colour with a pomegranate rim. Rich aromas of black raspberry, black cherry, sandlewood, mascerated plums, beechnut and some prickly alcoholic vapours on a deep inhale. Full, rich and luscious on the palate. Super smooth with everything integrated and nicely balanced. The palate is enveloped by lashings of rich dark red fruit, red plum skins, cherrywood, tar, clayey minerals and a warming, tingly tannic finish that is very long. Quite the voluptuous wine! Not really any dried fruit aromas or flavours yet. The only detractor is the slightly elevated woodiness at this point, but I feel like there is still ample fruit to absorb it. This still has many many years of life ahead of it!
March 26, 2022 - Notes of tobacco, dried plum, and raisin. Needs to be decanted.
November 24, 2021 - Drier and earthier than most Amarone's we have enjoyed in the past...balancing fig and raisin with smoky meat notes
August 7, 2021 - Corked
July 27, 2021 - Excellent. Slow ox for an hour, was enough. Not as raisiny as other amarones.
August 20, 2020 - Pitch black nearly right to the rim which is deep plummy purple. Deep, dark and mysterious nose of concentrated boysenberry, plum, black cherry, roasted chestnuts, bittersweet chocolate and hazelnuts. Full bodied and round in the mouth with huge fruit extract and lots of sandy tannins. Huge flavours of blue plum, blackberries, espresso, bitter chocolate, spicy oak and sweet black licorice. Long, spicy, spirited finish. Decadent!
April 20, 2020 - Dried cherry, tobacco, and sweet raisin on the nose. Nice acidity with blackberry, leather, plum, and a hint of cherry cough syrup on the palate. The alcohol remained balanced even as this warmed up. The tannins were ripe and so smooth. Primary flavours still dominate. Everything was so well balanced—this drinks well now but will age a while. I couldn't drink this every day but some nights just call for Amarone.