Zenato Amarone della Valpolicella Classico 2019 750ml

Zenato makes this Amarone from grapes grown in Sant'Ambrogio di Valpolicella, in the Classico zone, on stony chalk and limestone hills at 300 to 350 meters. The vines average 30 years old.

The 2019 is mostly Corvina, with Rondinella, Croatina and Oseleta. The grapes are hand-picked and dried for three to four months in a loft, the appassimento method behind Amarone, then macerated on the skins for 15 to 20 days. Zenato ages its Amarone about four years in large oak casks.

Expect an elegant, spicy wine with cherry, marasca cherry, dried prunes, plum, blackberry jam and a hint of bay leaf: structured, complex, velvety and lush.

Against Nicolis Amarone Classico 2017, Zenato is younger and built for the cellar; for an Amarone to lay down, choose Zenato.

It will be at its best from the end of the decade and hold well beyond. Serve it at about 64°F with braised meats, roasts, game and aged cheese.

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