2004 Romano Dal Forno Valpolicella Superiore Vigneto di Monte Lodoletta

Community Tasting Notes (49) Avg Score: 92.6 points

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  1/14/2024 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 94 Points

  Decanted for three hours. Almost twenty years old now, and still immensely impressive, concentrated and (relatively) youthful. Only top Australian wines can muster up such power at this age. The balsamic notes on the nose express its evolution, but the palate still bursts with minerally energy, and the potent tannins and vanilla from the wood drive through on the finish in unmistakeable terms. An uncomprising wine of huge extraction, power and proportions. Dwarfs most Amarones. Will it ever achieve harmony? Maybe in 20 years, and maybe never...

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  9/16/2023 - Paolo94558 wrote:

  Opened a bottle that fell flat within 15 minutes, acidic and harsh. I chalk it up to a bad bottle of an otherwise outstanding producer.

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  1/22/2023 - larsum Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Decanted for one hour. Pitch black in the decanter, red with an orange tint in the glass. Mesmerizing nose, Valpolicella om steroids. On the palate powerful with still marked tannins, vanilla from the barrens but above all a huge fruit where the first sip feels primary but it evolves with cherry, juniperberries, pepper and exotic spices. Very good to drink now but Will still evolve. More powerful than most Amarones without the raisins.

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  5/28/2022 - jkoenen wrote: 93 Points

  Needed an hour to put itself together.
  Menthol, camphor, black cherries, tar, smoke and spices to the Max.
  This really grew on me.

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  5/2/2020 - RichardP wrote: 91 Points

  Pen ink and ether on the nose. On the palate, when first opened this showed black fruit that was almost overpowered by ether, with strong tannins on the medium to long finish. The ether taste faded over several hours, leaving powerful blackberry, black cherry, and currant, with notes of raisin, savory spice, and bitter tobacco on the long finish, with strong tannins, strong acidity, and slight alcoholic heat. If I had had a decanter handy, I would have used it on this; it needs a lot of air at this stage. The Cellartracker drinking window is probably a decade or more too short; this needs five years just to absorb more tannin. It's an average to good value at about $90, and comparable to Amarone in that price range, although it's more powerful than the average Amarone, which takes some doing.

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