2019 | Costa Arènte Amarone della Valpolicella | Valpolicella | Italy

A rich, classic Amarone from Valpolicella — made from dried grapes for power, depth and warmth.

Costa Arènte crafts Amarone della Valpolicella in the Veneto, in the classic tradition: the grapes (Corvina, Rondinella and friends) are dried for months to concentrate sugar and flavor before fermentation, producing a rich, powerful, warming red. This is a wine for the winter table — hearty roasts, game and aged cheese.

A classic dried-grape Amarone is one of Italy's great cold-weather reds. Dried-grape method, Valpolicella, Corvina-based → rich, powerful, warming → you're drinking traditional Amarone.

• Corvina-based Amarone blend
• Amarone della Valpolicella — Veneto, Italy
• Costa Arènte
• Appassimento (dried-grape) method

Sour cherry, blackcurrant and plum over licorice, tobacco, black pepper and vanilla with a firm tannic structure, warm alcohol and a long, concentrated finish. Translation: a rich, powerful Amarone — dark and dried-red fruit with spice, tobacco and vanilla on a firm, warming frame. Concentrated and complex; a hearty-food and cellar wine.

A classic Valpolicella Amarone. Exactly the bottle for winter roasts, game, or mature cheese.