Vallena - Amarone Della Valpolicella 2017 (750ml)

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Producer	Vallena
Country	Italy
Region	Valpolicella
Varietal	Corvina and Rondinella
Vintage	2017
Sku	02975
Size	750ml
ABV	16.00%

Lots of contradictions here, starting with a Vento estate with more than 200 years of history that just started making Amarone in vintage 2010.  And that has still yet to be reviewed by any major wine critic, even though they make one of the finest “traditional” styled Amarone we’ve tasted in years. This is 55% Corvina, 25% Corvinone and 20% Rondinella from vines planted between 1969 and 2000. After 90+ days of drying the wine ferments to dryness and then ages two years in small casks and two years more in larger Slavonian oak barrels.

As you’d expect, it’s big (15%) and dark, with powerful aromas and flavors of dried plum, black cherry, dark chocolate, spice and cured tobacco. There’s a pleasing sweetness and density to the fruit, but the finish turns dry, savory and very complex.  Delicious now and even better over the next 8-10 years. And excellent value.