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9.4

The 2010 Amarone della Valpolicella is an elegant beauty, with cooling herbal tones and cloves embellishing baked cherries and hints of incense. This opens with a lovely inner sweetness, its ripe red and black fruits energized by vibrant acidity. Violet florals and suggestions of cocoa swirl throughout. The 2010 finishes long—still slightly tannic yet coming into its own, leaving a mentholated freshness and a tinge of cinnamon spice that lingers on. While this is made in the older style of Dal Forno, sporting just over six grams-per-liter of residual sugar, 17% alcohol and 100% American oak, the balance is absolutely perfect. (Eric Guido, Vinous, February 2024)
— 2 months ago

Thong Yin Sheng

9.0

Nose like a 1980’s on palate like 2000’s even after opening (kept in bottle) for a day. Once poured out the glass the wine mellow down quite quickly. Drank it at Suinsom Val Gardena — 2 months ago

Blake Anderson

8.9

Deep ruby color. Bright on the nose. Red fruit, like raspberry and cherry. Medium tannins and acid on the finish. Paired well with Bolognese. — 2 months ago

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Lynn Nemiccolo

8.9

Nice dinner wine — 4 months ago

Michael Chelus

9.2

Black cherry, raspberry, currant, mossy earth, vanilla and oak. Full-bodied and soft tannins. — 4 months ago

Anders Berglund

9.0

Min smak Fylligt smak av mörka bär — 7 months ago

Nagib Nasr

8.9

First bottle was aged, second was good. It may have been the cork. — 3 years ago

RobS

9.0

Very nice with a heaping bowl of cheesy pizzoccheri; an absolutely perfect winter combo. — 5 years ago

Julia W

9.6

What I would call crisp. Dry white that goes down easy but refined enough to want to savor.A good bang for your buck! Perfect no matter what the temperature is outside aka perfect for a 60F February day, like today — 7 years ago

Pooneet K

9.0

Great amarone, and actually not overpowering or overpowered. Had with steak at Chicago cut. — 8 years ago

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9.5

The 2019 Amarone della Valpolicella Classico is youthfully understated, requiring coaxing to reveal its depths of dried black cherries, mocha and cloves, all lifted by a hint of fresh mint. This impresses with its blend of sweet spices, opulent ripe wild berry fruits and silken textures, all balanced by brisk acidity and a pleasantly bitter tinge of dark chocolate toward the close. This finishes classically dry with dramatic length and potency, leaving a coating of fine-grained tannins that saturates, promising many years of positive evolution. Allegrini knocked this one out of the park. Wow. (Eric Guido, Vinous, February 2024)
— 2 months ago

Jakub Kalinowski

9.4

Rich yet savoury, with great depth & purity. Freshness. Precision. Spicy fullness with amazing drinkability.
Pure cherry, kirsch & amaretto, some leather, a bit of undergrowth & mushroom,
Surprisingly tannic on the palate - grupy, juicy fresh. Zippy acidity, cherry freshness, savoury purity. Delicious, complex, quite profound. Amazing wine. — 2 months ago

Javier Alonso

9.5

2011
16,5 grados que no se notan por el buen equilibrio del vino
Un vino excelente
380€ — 3 months ago

Sipping Fine Wine

9.4

Speris began working as vine growers in Valpolicella seven generations ago. Deep Ruby with aromas of dried berry fruits and sweet smoky spices. On the palate flavors of ripe plum and sweet berries with cacao, spice and fig flavors. Fine tannins, long complex rich finish ending with fruit, tobacco and earthy notes, good structure. Will continued to get better with age, good now. Sustainable. — 4 months ago

Kenneth

9.2

Clear, med ruby, med aroma, med to high acidity, high alcohol, full body, red fruit, red plum, red cherry, maybe black fruit, raspberry, oak, tobacco, chocolate, med finish dried fruit, med tannic — 5 months ago

Ken Z

9.1

Drank 10/6/23. Tasting event.

Scents of coffee dominate. Strawberry, cherry, and a bit of earth. Well balanced. Generally amarone is not my cup of tea, but this is quite nice.

4/22/7/4/4 +50 = 91 pts. — 7 months ago

Lawrence Asrikin

9.1

Slightly drier, lighter from the 2014 vintage if I recall correctly. Some dried pepper and dried cranberries notes on the nose. — 5 years ago

Kenny Louks

9.5

Excellent!!! — 7 years ago

Steven Jones

9.0

Meaty and herbaceous this has enough weight to pair well with the braised short ribs, parsnip purée and sautéed broccolini. — 7 years ago

Paul Edmunds

9.6

Great with a roast dinner — 11 years ago

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9.3

The 2018 Amarone della Valpolicella Classico is darkly alluring, with a sweetly scented bouquet that blends medicinal cherries with sage, dried roses and baking chocolate. This is surprisingly juicy and lifted in feel, with zesty acidity motivating depths of ripe wild berry fruits as sweet spices collect toward the close. It finishes gently tannic, with a cranberry crunch that adds a lovely punctuation. (Eric Guido, Vinous, February 2024)
— 2 months ago

Hajime Kawasaki

9.1

サーロインの炙りカルパッチョ、トリュフの香りに負けてない。
それなのにフルボディほど重く無い。2015年 — 2 months ago

Diederick Swagemakers

9.0

9.0+/ 2-5 jaar geduld — 2 months ago

Jess

9.3

Deep ruby color.
Aromas of baked cherry/raspberry, spice, clove, peppercorn.
Dry. Flavors of dried cherry, spiced raspberry, clove, cinnamon, peppercorn. Rich, velvety tannins.

Intensity: 5/5
Complexity: 2/5
Balance: 4/5
Finish: 5/5 — 3 months ago

Peter Coulthard

9.2

TSWC. Went well with Roast Turkey on Christmas Day. Smooth drinking with some good nose to it. — 4 months ago

Jose Lorenzo

9.3

Thanking my team — 5 months ago

Sipping Fine Wine

8.9

Made from Corvina, Rondinella and Negrara grapes, Deep Ruby with aromas of sweet dried berry fruits and pepper spice. On the palate ripe blackberry, currants and sweet cherry with complex spice. Well balanced with acidity and alcohol, full-body with soft tannins on long finish. Nice value. — 3 years ago

Mike Laba

9.2

Coming back to this wine a year and a half after I first rated it...still love it. Nice hints of fruit and exceptionally drinkable. Will continue to stock it as a house red — 5 years ago

Paul DeBono

8.9

Great low cost Valpolicella. — 7 years ago

Paul DeBono

9.1

A fantastic Valpolicella. Not sophomoric in any way but junior to the buglioni. Bring on the Bussola Amarone! — 7 years ago