Giuseppe Lonardi - Amarone della Valpolicella Classico 2008 (750ml) Saint-Amour

Giuseppe Lonardi - Amarone della Valpolicella Classico 2008 (750ml) Saint-AmourAn elegant Amarone. Rich, spicy, warm, silky textured with scents of very ripe fruit and hints of wild berries. Winemaking: the grapes are picked before the normal harvest time when only the best ones are selected. Drying time: they are put onto wooden racks for the drying process which will last for 90 days. Fermentation of dried grapes begins in January and lasts for 30 days in stainless steel tanks with several daily pumping over the skin of the

racy Chardonnaly that captures all the best this challenging year had to offer

On top of his own vineyards

entry-level Barolo will not find that here

The palate has more red fruit

JS 92 (5/2016): The full-throttle character is here as expected with lots of ripe fruit and toasted oak

succulent tannins

Oh - and there was a touch of frost here

andmushroom

and white fruits

as emergent flavors of red plum

A part is drawn off the skins with short maceration and the other part is from direct press

a slightly fresher yet still deep