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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

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 — 3 months ago

Derek Shanahan

8.9

Great for under $15, awesome match for pizza. — 3 months ago

Brooks Burgum

9.0

A little Italian gem. You never know what you’re going to get out of Italy but this is a beautiful wine. Paired with a Tagliatelli. — 4 months ago

with Brett

Peter Coulthard

9.2

TSWC. Went well with Roast Turkey on Christmas Day. Smooth drinking with some good nose to it. — 5 months ago

Jess

9.0

Pale lemon color.
Aromas of citrus, apple, melon.
Dry. Flavors of lemon, lime, pear, honeydew, mineral. Very subtle.

Intensity: 3/5
Complexity: 2/5
Balance: 4/5
Finish: 4/5 — 7 months ago

Jose Lorenzo

9.3

My Sofia Loren… classy and always a beauty — 2 years ago

Robert Bender

10

Very different experience from typical reds. Dry, light, very clean. Good try for cab lovers. — 5 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

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

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. — 3 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. — 3 months ago

with Kaito

Lynn Nemiccolo

8.9

Nice dinner wine — 4 months ago

JFP

9.0

Very pleasant addition to a sausage and egg casserole for brunch. — 5 months ago

Ugne

10

Fruity and nice. Love it — 6 months ago

Inseon Hwang

8.9

Grand Canal. Light and fruity. — 9 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

Paul DeBono

8.9

Great low cost Valpolicella. — 7 years ago

Pooneet K

9.0

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

Bob McDonald

9.3

Brief notes at a good Italian restaurant in Sanctuary Cove. We don’t often drink Amarone but we love it when we do. Rich and supple, blackberry like liquid Fruit and Nut milk chocolate. Touch of liquorice. An excellent match with Beef Ragu with Pappardelle pasta. — 3 months ago

Diederick Swagemakers

9.0

9.0+/ 2-5 jaar geduld — 3 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

Clay Bullwinkel

9.4

Continued good winemaking. — 4 months ago

Jose Lorenzo

9.3

Thanking my team — 6 months ago

John Hoffart

9.2

Very solid!
— 6 months ago

Matt Perlman

9.2

Big wine but elegant; velvet smooth, roses and cherries and cinnamon, flamboyant and composed at the same time — 9 months ago

Nagib Nasr

8.9

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

Charles Antin

Senior Wine Specialist/Auctioneer Zachys

9.2

Porty and young. Impossible blind tasting. Truly unique. — 6 years ago

with Zachys

Sanga Weli

9.9

A little dry but goes down smooth — 10 years ago