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Cantine Benedetti 2004 Corte Antica Red (Amarone della Valpolicella Classico)
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In Valpolicella, many homes are built around a central courtyard or “corte.” Corte Antica Amarone is an open and personable wine with some herbal notes backed by red fruit, spice, toasted almonds and rich concentration. The wine is smooth, full and generous on the close.
— M.L.
(12/1/2009)
Cantine Benedetti 2005 Corte Antica Red (Valpolicella Superiore Ripasso)
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This is a fabulous wine with robust and rich extraction and enduring aromas of dark spice, ash, coffee, blackberry and mesquite barbecue. The texture the wine imparts in the mouth is dense and opulent and it is lasting and persistent on the finish. This Ripasso is a small step from being an Amarone. —M.L.
— M.L.
(10/1/2009)
Cantine Benedetti 2005 Corte Antica Croce del Gal Red (Amarone della Valpolicella)
Despite the warm vintage, this beautifully aged Amarone offers sharply focused aromas of forest berry and bramble followed by a crisp, bittersweet close. Warmer tones of plum, barbecue spice and smoke recall the special intensity of air-dried grapes.
— M.L.
(12/1/2011)
Cantine Benedetti 2004 Corte Antica Red (Valpolicella Superiore Ripasso)
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Here’s a plump and very fruit forward Ripasso with aromas of dried current berry, cherry and an interesting green element that recalls garden herbs or dried hay. It delivers a deliciously thick and chewy texture with soft, velvety tannins. —M.L.
— M.L.
(10/1/2009)
Cantine Benedetti 2006 Corte Antica Red (Amarone della Valpolicella Classico)
There’s a rustic or aged quality here that recalls used leather, black granite, smoky mesquite and toasted nut. The fruit slides deep into the background with distant hints of cassis and dried forest berry.
— M.L.
(12/1/2011)
Cantine Benedetti 2007 Corte Antica Red (Valpolicella Classico Superiore Ripasso)
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Root beer, tar, asphalt, prune and dark jammy fruit make a lasting impression on the nose. This Ripasso sports a soft, velvety texture that would pair well with lasagna or ravioli stuffed with meat.
— M.L.
(12/1/2011)
Cantine Benedetti 2006 Croce del Gal Red (Valpolicella Classico Superiore Ripasso)
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This is an intense, almost too strong, interpretation of Ripasso that offers high alcohol and lasting aromas of tar, asphalt and maraschino cherry. Sweet barbecue spice and chewy cherry nuances appear on the close.
— M.L.
(12/1/2011)
Cantine Benedetti 2008 Corte Antica Red (Valpolicella Classico Superiore)
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This Valpolicella blend opens with an aged, browning color and etched aromas of dried fruit and almond. The wine seems past its prime already.
— M.L.
(12/1/2011)
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