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San Rustico 2005 Red (Amarone della Valpolicella Classico)
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This is a very beautiful and compelling expression of Amarone that successfully weighs elegance against power. Harmonious aromas of mature fruit and spice are backed by thick density and long persistency.
— M.L.
(2/1/2011)
San Rustico 2005 Gaso Red (Amarone della Valpolicella Classico)
Amarone Gaso delivers thick concentration and dark tones of cooked apple, blackberry spice and leather. The wine is soft and chewy with loads of ripe fruit on the sweet, succulent close.
— M.L.
(12/1/2011)
San Rustico 2003 Red (Amarone della Valpolicella Classico)
- $45
Founded in 1870, San Rustico has recently done a lot of work in the winery and vineyard to maintain a quality edge. This Amarone boasts great intensity and delicacy of aromas. You’ll get layers of apple, cherry cola, mint, blue flowers, licorice, raisin and almond. In the mouth, those flavors are lively and fresh and the mouthfeel is caressing and long-lasting.
— M.L.
(10/1/2007)
San Rustico 2006 Red (Amarone della Valpolicella Classico)
- Editors' Choice
- $25
Great quality and an attractively low price make this a no-brainer choice next time you crave the deep density and intensity of Italy’s Amarone. The wine shows generous black fruit, smoke and spice with polished, sweet tannins.
— M.L.
(12/1/2011)
San Rustico 2001 Gaso Red (Amarone della Valpolicella Classico)
- $50
There’s a fun, chunky, slightly hefty quality to this wine, accented by blocky aromas of coffee, vanilla, poached cherries, cola, roasted chestnut and brown sugar. If you’re an Amarone purist, you might find these qualities muddled and lacking in grace. But if you love big, meaty wines that you can sink your teeth into, it’s for you. The mouthfeel is chewy, sticky…
— M.L.
(12/1/2007)
San Rustico 2005 Gaso Red (Valpolicella Superiore Ripasso)
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- $30
San Rustico’s ripasso offers dense fruit nuances with background notes of wet earth, smoked bacon, mesquite and exotic spice. More mature fruit notes appear in the mouth and the wine ends on a soft, round and sweet note. Imported by John Given Wines.
— M.L.
(10/1/2009)
San Rustico 2004 Gaso Red (Valpolicella Superiore Ripasso)
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- $26
San Rustico’s Ripasso offers interesting aromas of ripe fruit, black mineral, slate roof, resin, maple syrup and cedar wood. The wine leaves a fresh but cheerful impression in the mouth and ends with easy cherry wood flavors. —M.L.
— M.L.
(10/1/2009)
San Rustico 2008 750ml Red (Recioto della Valpolicella Classico)
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Recioto is a dark red dessert wine from northeast Italy that pairs with chocolate-based treats and spice cake. Indeed, aromas include clove, cinnamon, prune, blackberry pie and sweet pipe tobacco. The wine’s natural sweetness is backed by structure and fine tannins.
— M.L.
(12/31/2010)
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