2000 Tedeschi Amarone della Valpolicella Classico Capitel Monte Olmi

Community Tasting Notes (7) Avg Score: 93.5 points

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  12/17/2021 - mjpmcnulty wrote: 93 Points

  A wonderful wine. Lots of fruit even after 20 years. Maybe slightly past it’s best but still magnificent. Drink it now though because it will deteriorate from here.

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  11/2/2021 - forceberry wrote: 94 Points

  15% alcohol. Tasted blind.
  
  Quite opaque and somewhat evolved black cherry color with a matured maroon hue. The nose feels somewhat restrained but quite complex at the same time with brooding, layered aromas of wizened dark forest fruits and old leather, some evolved meaty notes, a little bit of dried figs, light gamey tones, hints of prunes and plum liqueur and a touch of balsamic richness. Lovely! The wine is chewy, dense and quite concentrated on the palate with a noticeably full body and intense flavors of wizened dark plums, some damson liqueur, a little bit of sour cherry bitterness, marmaladey notes of cherry jelly, a hint of meaty umami and a touch of old leather. Although the wine shows some evolved nuances, it doesn't really feel particularly old (nor youthful). Impressive structure with the quite high acidity and rather assertive, grippy tannins. The finish is chewy, moderately grippy and somewhat warm with intense, layered flavors of ripe black cherries, some prunes, a little bit of evolved meaty character, light sweet notes of damson liqueur, a hint of bittersweet dark chocolate and a faint balsamic touch of VA.
  
  A very impressive, powerful and wonderfully structured Amarone that has evolved very nicely, yet is still on its way up - the fruit is starting to show some evolved qualities, but doesn't feel fully mature or tertiary yet. Some people commented that they had no idea where the wine came from, but it tasted like an aged Vintage Port that is just dry for some reason. I really didn't find the wine particularly porty - it was more Italian/French/Croatian than Portuguese in my opinion - but I can understand how some people might view the wine differently. It didn't take us much time to locate the wine, as one guessed Masi Mazzano and we were told that it was "close enough". All in all, a terrific wine and even though I'm not a big Amarone wine, this was a very enjoyable effort - big yet balanced rather than ponderous and clumsy. Excellent value at 38€.

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  7/2/2016 - candyman wrote:

  2 hour decant , VERY delicate almost burgundy like ,with Burnt cherry / plumb nose super fine tannin lovely wine later almost port like.
  lost of fun this one

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  11/1/2014 - concord Likes this wine:

  Very intense palate of black cherry and spice enveloped in soft mature tannins. Juicy. Loads of length. Alcohol very well integrated Delightful example of a mature amarone. Despite its maturity this wine is very lively and expect it still has a few years to go.

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  10/7/2011 - Caeldavis wrote:

  Javier said it was a beautiful wine.

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