Amarone D.O.C.G.

Region

Veneto

Type

Red Wine

Grapes

40% Corvina, 30% Rondinella, 15% Molinara 10% Negrara, 5% Croatina

Notes

In making Amarone, the best grapes harvested at the end of October are dried on straw mats before pressing, which concentrates their flavours into a heady, plummy intensity. It is an extremely deep blood-red/black wine. It has an extraordinarily complex vinous bouquet laced with stewed cherries. On the palate it is lusciously full and warm, with all-enveloping fruit, velvety tannins, and a long finish. Hardly drinkable alone, this needs to be paired with some seriously flavourful like heavy foods.
Serving temperature: 18°C.