Around the year 2000
sweet spice and mocha accents through the finish
Fine spices with a mineral edge to the roasted pineapple
blueberries and violets and notes of chocolate and tobacco from its time in oak
complex finish and the concentration to age two decades or more
2015 Bertani Amarone della Valpolicella DOCG Veneto, Italy Bodegas Pierola Around the year 2000James Suckling 100 #1 Top 100 Wines A vivid ruby color with a garnet tinge and super restrained nose of licorice, oak bark, smoke, wood, cigar box, leather, dark chocolate, smashed violets and prunes. It has a fresh subtleness. Full bodied and elegant on the palate due to ripe, filigreed tannins with long acidity and a toasty, savory aftertaste. One of the greatest Amarone. Corvina and Rondinella. Ready to drink now, but intended for the long haul.~J.