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Tommasi Amarone della Valpolicella Classico 2000
Veneto, ItalyProduced from the three main Valpolicella grape varieties -- corvina Veronese, rondinella and molinara -- all cultivated high on hillside terraces. Only the best and most mature clusters are selected and placed directly onto small open racks and brought to the open sided building where they are dried by the cool breezes of autumn and winter until the following February. It has a dark cherry colour and an intense spicy, tobacco, jasmine nose streaked with cherry jam, smoky truffle, chocolate and licorice root aromas. It is rich and round on the palate with plenty of concentration and some young, soft tannin. Big black cherry plum jam fruit flavours with smoky cedar, licorice and chocolate. Good acidity and vibrancy but still quite young with some cedar-y tannins on the finish. You can drink it now with lamb shank or try in three to seven years. Clean balanced style despite the 15% alcohol. The Tommasi Amarone undergoes a period of aging of at least four years in oak barrels before being placed in bottles for a minim extra year.Tasted: 29 May 2004Tasted by: Stuart TobePrices:| BC | $56.95 | 750ml | Specialty |
Univins and Spiritueux
Blend: Corvina - Rondinella - MolinaraCSPC: 494393UPC: 8004645402108
