La Dama Amarone Della Valpolicella Classico DOC 2009
75 cl
Excellent traditional style Amarone with a lengthy taste that is warm full and vigorous. It has a complex aroma of liquor cherries, dried plums, spices and tobacco.
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Excellent traditional style Amarone with a lengthy taste that is warm full and vigorous. It has a complex aroma of liquor cherries, dried plums, spices and tobacco.
Tasting Notes from Celtic Whiskey Shop and Wines on the Green
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| Nose | Complex aromas of cherries, cherry liqueur, chocolate, cassis, spices, Mediterranean herbs, roses and tar |
| Palate | The palate is dry and full bodied with high but balanced acidity and firm, structured tannins. Nice weight and depth with flavours of cherries, cassis, tar and roses |
| Colour | Garnet in colour all the way to the rim |
Fact Sheet
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| Fluid | 75 cl |
| Grape Variety | Corvina, Corvinone, Rondinella and Molinara |
| Alcohol % | 15.5 |
| Estate/Producer | Cantina La Dama |
| Country | Italy |
| Region/AOC | Veneto |
| Making Techniques | Grapes that are the loosest, ripest and best exposed to the sun are placed in 6 kg crates in traditional drying rooms. The 90 to 100-day drying period enriches the sugars, polyphenols and aromatic compounds. Pressing, partly in steel vats and partly in 500-litre barrels, is carried out in January. During fermentation, which takes 25 to 30 days, must stirring and pressing are calibrated. The wine is then refined in new vats and barrique casks for 14 months and then in barrels for a further 18 months. Subsequently it is left to refine even further in the bottle for at least one year before being sold. |
Awards and/or Press Quotes
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| Guida oro I VINI DI VERONELLI | 90 Points |
| Robert Parker 89 Points | ‘The 2009 Amarone della Valpolicella Classico is a blend of Corvina (70%), Corvinone (10%) and Rondinella (20%) aged in oak casks for 36 months. The wine shows balance and grit with ripe fruit enhanced by spice, tobacco and leather. This Amarone shows the classic lines and subdued intensity of a wine made according to local appassimento tradition: Ultimately the air-dried fruit speaks louder than the oak notes.’ |