November 11, 2023 - A great bottle. Layers of aromas from sweet cherries under spirit to tertiary leather, black spices, coffee, balsamic. Great structure in the mouth, warming alcohol but not cloying, with fruit weight and concentration, full body, integrated at this point. Flavors recall the aromas with good length and persistence. Hint fo mineral as well. Drink now and enjoy the sweet fruit remaining.
June 13, 2020 - Developed, rich, dark maraschino cherries, chocolate, long length. Delicious - drank instead of pudding!
April 3, 2020 - Amazing berry complex nose. Fig, dry fruit, very complex .
January 6, 2018 - Alc: 15%
Deep brown mahogany; Fairly intense aromas of dried undergrowth, stewed compote with molasses, very umami, marmite. A little earthy with rather tired fruit.
Robust entry with a generous alcohol kick, loads of raisin, dried Xmas cake fruit, marmite, chocolate and liquorice. There is a delightful toffee fudge/black treacle texture with some dried spices and bags of umami flavours overriding.
The palate shows better than the nose with plenty of complexity, some density to a richly textured wine packed with molasses, soy and balsamic. A weighty solid Amarone, with spicy oak as the wine unfolds and good depth of fruit, thick granular tannins, Xmas pudding wrote all over it. It is perhaps slipping off its drink by window but did get better in glass.
December 1, 2017 - Great bottle! Dark Berrys, chocolate, plums, raisins, mouldering leafs. Long great aftertaste. On the top, drink up before it's to late!.
September 23, 2017 - On the nose: Licorice, dark matured cherry, chocolate, stable.
On the palate: Sweet fruit, licorice, dark berries, chocolate.
Long finish
Drinking very well at the moment.
September 20, 2017 - Not flawed I guess. But over. Big time over.
December 21, 2016 - A caveat - this was my first taste of an Amarone and I'm normally a fan of Bordeaux, i.e. drier, more classical wines. I was quite impressed by the complexity of the bouquet, full of rich aromas of plum, dark cherry and spices. The taste was certainly interesting, full of the same, but with strong notes of figs and raisins, and it dominated without any difficulty the Italian food it accompanied, but the overall impression was rather sickly and cloying, so on its own the wine became quickly OTT. My score doesn't reflect my own appreciation but I'm sure others will like this more. I don't think it merits more because after a couple of hours it did rather fall away into a slightly oxidized mess.
February 20, 2016 - On the nose, plum, eucalyptus, and a bit of earth. On the palate, rich black cherry, prune, raisin, and notes of anise and cocoa on the medium to long finish, with good acidity. This was at its best in the first 90 minutes after opening. After a couple of hours, it lost most of its interesting complexity and became simpler and sweetere. Based on this bottle, this is nearing the end of its peak; the Cellartracker drinking window looks about right (for once).
April 11, 2014 - Riche, puissant, arôme de fruit noir, de cèdre, alcool bien intégré.
C'est très bon mais c'est encore très jeune!