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Italian Red

Italian Red is a catch-all category of traditional Italian red varieties. Examples of these wines include Dolcetto, Montepulciano, Nero d’Avola, Aglianico and Negroamaro, among others. You can use Wine Enthusiast’s online Buying Guide to find the top-rated Italian Red wines among our extensive Italian Red wine reviews and easy-to-use database. Our Italian Red reviews will give you a general idea what to expect from wines made from Italian Red, and will help you find one that best suits your needs.

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Masi 1990 Mazzano Red (Amarone della Valpolicella Classico)

This is wonderfully integrated and complex, offering a dizzying array of spices that blend seamlessly with notes of leather and cherries. Wonderfully velvety in texture and round in the mouth, but also boasting a long, spice-filled finish. A tremendous effort. Drink now–2020.  — J.C.  (12/31/2006)
96
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Quintarelli 1998 Red (Amarone della Valpolicella Classico)

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There’s something magical about this wine: the purity, the elegance, the harmony, the immediate rush of intensity. This is one of Italy’s iconic wines thanks to the profound purity it delivers with notes of chocolate, leather, cherry, apple, cola and spice. It imparts loads of succulent flavor and is simply beautiful.  — M.L.  (12/1/2007)
96
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Dal Forno Romano 2003 Vigneto di Monte Lodoletta Red (Amarone della Valpolicella)

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  1. $470
Monte Lodoletta Amarone is an exercise in extraction. The wine is absolutely black. Aromas are concentrated and intense and the wine is equally enormous in the mouth thanks to the extraction, oak, fruit and the hot climatic conditions associated with this vintage. Drink after 2020.  — M.L.  (12/1/2009)
95
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Bertani 1998 Red (Amarone della Valpolicella Classico)

  1. $70
There’s a particular elegance here that is impossible to beat: The wine is spectacular overall, but never too ornate, and earns high praise for its purity. Aromas of resin, tar, apple and almond are distinct and vibrant and the wine delivers firm, dusty tannins and excellent length.  — M.L.  (12/1/2007)
95
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Zenato 2004 Riserva Sergio Zenato Red (Amarone della Valpolicella Classico)

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  1. $130
Gorgeous, rich and penetrating, this wine excels in terms of the elegance of its aromas. Layers of black fruit, spice, mesquite, beef jerky, cola and soy sauce are perfectly integrated and the wine shows plump, ripe richness on the close. Promises to age 10 years or more.  — M.L.  (2/1/2011)
95
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Dal Forno Romano 2004 Vigneto di Monte Lodoletta Red (Amarone della Valpolicella)

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  1. $500
A landmark wine for the Valpolicella region, Vigneto di Monte Lodoletta is surely among the biggest, boldest and most concentrated red wines on the planet. Thanks to the appassimento process, extremely low yields and long oak aging, this Amarone takes intensity and richness to new extremes. The tannins are still astringent and tight, and the wine will absolutely…  — M.L.  (12/1/2011)
95
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Remo Farina 2004 Monte Fante Riserva Red (Amarone della Valpolicella Classico)

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  1. $90
Top 100 Cellar Selections 2011
This Riserva Amarone proves to be an extremely elegant and sophisticated wine with enormously rich notes of black fruit supported by savory tones of exotic spice, leather, dried tobacco and beef jerky. The wine is beautifully polished and smooth, but it also delivers unforgettable power and depth.  — M.L.  (2/1/2011)
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Dal Forno Romano 1999 Red (Amarone della Valpolicella)

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  1. $459
Is this a bruiser or what? Opaque in color, with monster aromatics that run from tar and espresso to maple, violets, cumin and finely scented candle wax. Deep and intense as they come, with charcoal and menthol notes on top of primary blackberry and cassis. No other word besides "massive" describes it. Hugely tannic and weighing in at 17%; needs five to seven years…  — W.E.  (11/1/2005)
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