Allegrini Amarone della Valpolicella Classico 2012
Hauled out of the cellar in anticipation of another waterlogged week in Portland, I’ve contented myself with Allegrini’s classically styled Amarone della Valpolicella. The 2012 vintage, like the 2010 I sampled two years ago, is of similar richness and texture. Plums, aged leather, figs, and tar are denser notes that form the base and backbone […]
Quintarelli Giuseppe Amarone della Valpolicella Classico 1998
Quintarelli’s Amarone della Valpolicella Classico 1998 seduces with aromas of plums, black cherries, black tea and baker’s cocoa and spice. One the palate layers of glycerol and fine tannin weave through attenuated notes of this peppery, wonderful spice accent that is evident on the attack and later, emerges on the finish, it is, in fact […]