Opened a bottle for our anniversary with marbled beef and button mushroom risotto.
Nose:
Complex and deep. Pepper, leather. Blueberry and dried strawberry, plum. Cedarwood and some candy notes
Flavor:
Super concentrated and rich, like the style usually is. Vanilla, strawberry pie, dark fruit, rosemary and some woody notes. Long finish.
Food pairing:
Excellent. The power of the wine helped cut through the rich risotto and paired well with both the meat and mushrooms. The thyme in the risotto worked well with the herbal notes in the wine.
I generally like Amarone, but find many of the entry level ones a bit too jammy and alcoholic. This had better balance and more depth. More complex than their ”regular” Amarone.
by tlind2