Many Valpolicella producers didn't make Amarone in 2014. The ones who did called up another, older, side of this wine's identity, a style more earthy, juicy, elegant than the power Amarone is ...

A wine with an alcohol level of 15.65% which is normal for an Amarone, 4 grams per litre of residual sugar (perfect level) and 5,73 gram per litre of total acidity (very good level).

Amarone has a well-earned reputation for power. After all, it's not uncommon to find bottles that clear 15.5% ABV and approach 16% or more. But the best examples are about much more than sheer ...

The classic Amarone nose has layers of raisin, leather, teriyaki sauce, coriander and nutmeg spice, while coffee, dried orange peel, white pepper and chocolate on the palate reveal the wine's depth.

It’s time to break out the big reds! Red wines are outselling crisp whites, and one style of wine that’s very popular is Amarone. My son-in-law, Ramon, went to Antica Bottega del Vino in ...

Italian wine shops, especially in San Francisco's North Beach, are the best places to find Amarone wines, and classier Italian restaurants commonly have Amarones on their lists.

So the wine is just right for all occasions. The blend is 60% Corvina and 40% Merlot. The grapes are dried for 20 days in the appassimento method. This is similar to the famous Amarone.

Amarone, like Champagne or Port, is a process wine, and the process has been around for centuries in the Veneto region just east of Lake Garda, according to Mary Ewing-Mulligan, author of "Italian ...

I’ve always found Amarone hard to pair with food. A very full-bodied, dry, powerful and often quite tannic red, Amarone can be high in alcohol too—sometimes as much as 17%, close to the ...