Community Tasting Notes 8

• KeithAkers wrote: 95 points

  January 27, 2024 - Holy Moly Amarone (DP's, Goose Hollow, Portland OR): This is just a thrill ride of a nose. There is so much depth and layering as it fills the glass with tones of crushed rocks, plums, dark red cherries, raisins, chocolate, liqueur notes, spice cake, blueberries, chocolate cake, rose petals, and some violets. The Full bodied feel is silky and refined with crisp, medium+ acidity and youthful, medium+ tannins. The structure clearly has some youth, but what's here right now is what I expected when it was revealed. The quality of the producer is easily shining through as this is just a real stunner and just pure joy.

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• Condrieu82 Likes this wine: 96 points

  November 19, 2023 - Decanted 2 hours - not nearly enough. This improved a lot by staying open for about 24 hours. Notes are from day 2.
  
  Nose is refined, expressive, with raisins, plums, oak, spice. Palate is incredibly complex: medium+ acidity, raisins, licorice, blackberries, cocoa beans. Grippy tannins, very long ending with cedar and incense lingering on.
  
  I am a big fan of Amarone in general - but this was wow. Day 1 was good but too powerful. Day 2 was great.
  
  Still in a very primary phase, I will give my 2 other bottles 4-5 years before revisiting. Incredible wine - I now get all the hype around Quintarrelli. 96 today; 98 potential. If opening now, please, PLEASE, decant for at least 8 hours.

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• remyworldpeace Likes this wine: 95 points

  July 28, 2023 - Lovely perfumed Nose. Great structure, cherry, rose petals, sweet spices, caramel, chocolate. Good balance despite the 16.5% (!!) alcohol level. Quite dry and smooth. Long, inky finish showing different layers of complexity which grow and develop as this opens with air.
  
  Pleased to have tried this as I would not usually choose this myself.

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• p.schw. Likes this wine: 97 points

  May 7, 2023 - One of the best wines I had the joy and opportunity to drink. An awesome Amarone and hard to describe with words.

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• levicn wrote: 93 points

  September 12, 2022 - 提前一天开瓶，中宝石红色。闻香有烟丝，紫罗兰，甘草，李子，梅果和辛香料的味道，香气复杂，集中度很高，入口酸度高，单宁紧涩，糊一嘴，有颗粒，在口中很有力量感，酒液甜，泥土，甘草，李子，烟丝，还有些焦糖，后段香料味明显，还有些酒精感，余味红果和香草巧克力，之前喝过 Dal Forno，第一次喝大Q，和我想象中的不太一样，浓郁、集中，复杂深邃，酒给人一种厚重感，但表现方式又是如此的优雅，没有丝毫的甜腻，与那些入口浓重的阿玛罗尼完全不一样。

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2012
• Type Red
• Producer Giuseppe Quintarelli
• Varietal Corvina Blend
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country Italy
• Region Veneto
• SubRegion Valpolicella
• Appellation Amarone della Valpolicella Classico

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• In Cellars 696 (86%)
• Consumed 109 (14%)

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