Corvina, Rondinella, Molinara
Le Salette 2005 Pergole Vece Red (Amarone della Valpolicella Classico)
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- $118
Pergole Vece opens with a beautiful nose of black fruit, molasses, chocolate, blackberry jam and loads of vanilla or cinnamon spice. It’s a smooth, soft and textured wine with a long, delicious finish.
— M.L.
(2/1/2011)
Le Salette 2006 Pergole Vece Red (Amarone della Valpolicella Classico)
- Cellar Selection
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Here’s a fabulous expression of the best of the Valpolicella with smooth, rich aromas of chocolate, roasted almond, black fruit and mesquite wood. The wine excels in the mouth, where it shows soft, silky tannins and a very long, tasty finish.
— M.L.
(2/1/2011)
Masi 2001 Mazzano Red (Amarone della Valpolicella Classico)
- Cellar Selection
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- $198
Here’s a beautifully aged Amarone from an excellent vintage. Masi’s Mazzano is a benchmark wine for Valpolicella thanks to its intriguing complexity of aromas: black cherry, dried fruit, porcini mushroom, dark chocolate, vanilla bean and dark resin like the kind you’d smell in an antique furniture shop. The wine has a slightly brownish hue and remarkable penetration.
— M.L.
(12/1/2008)
Provolo 1994 Riserva Red (Amarone della Valpolicella)
- $130
Great pleasure is derived from this wine’s elegant, aged tones. This is a graceful wine with ethereal notes of blue flower, dried berry, cedar, leather, mushroom and soy sauce. You’ll taste its delicate sweetness and its smooth, long-lasting finish. This is the kind of precious wine you’ll want to drink with good friends.
— M.L.
(12/1/2007)
Quintarelli 2003 Red (Amarone della Valpolicella Classico)
- Cellar Selection
If there is one quality that distinguishes the wines of the late Giuseppe Quintarelli, it is complexity. Unlike any other producer in the Amarone production area, this legendary artisan magically pulls out aromas of dried sage, Indian spice, crushed white pepper and delicate forest berry. On the palate, the wine is bright, crisp and intense, but never heavy or…
— M.L.
(11/1/2012)
Roccolo Grassi 2007 Red (Amarone della Valpolicella)
- $90
Roccolo Grassi is a point of reference in Valpolicella and a symbol of the overextracted, super-dense style epitomized here. The wine is redolent of black fruit, jammy blackberry, plum cake, bitter chocolate and polished granite. There’s a pretty, linear and clean quality behind all that bold fruit.
— M.L.
(12/1/2011)
Roccolo Grassi 2008 Red (Amarone della Valpolicella)
- Cellar Selection
- $100
Roccolo Grassi’s wines are distinguished by there elegance—without diminishing intensity—which is rare to find in Amarone. This shows loads of chocolate and spice flavors, with background tones of blackberry and currant. The tannins are still edgy, so give it 10 more years in a cellar.
— M.L.
(11/1/2012)
Stefano Accordini 2004 Vigneto il Fornetto Red (Amarone della Valpolicella Classico)
- $90
Stefano Accordini’s vineyard-designate Amarone opens with big oak and Spanish cedar tones that will undoubtedly come into focus with more aging time in the cellar. The wine shows excellent concentration and long flavors of spice, black fruit and tobacco. Pair it with sharp pecorino cheese.
— M.L.
(12/1/2011)
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