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AMARONE DELLA VALPOLICELLA 2009 DOCG
Vintage Assessments Tasting Note Producer CORTE DEL SOLE
Fairly deep purple colour. Slightly spicy, dried ripe apple-plum nose with some sandalwood notes. Dry, medium-full bodied, well structured, quite harmonious, slightly spicy, intense, dried ripe apple-plum-cherry flavours with a lingering, fairly high acid, sandalwood-tinged finish. Ready-to-drink. Has 15.5% alcohol and 7 g/L residual sugar with lot number 175 on the back label. TONY ASPLER / 90-points / TRY - Dense purple colour; cedary, plum and raisin nose; full-bodied, dry, rich and full on the palate, elegant, beautifully balanced and firm. CSPC 487603
Type Red Table Wine
Agent Mas Buo
Country Italy
Region Veneto
Rating ***(90 points)
Spicy, Complex, Ripe
LCBO Text Status A Vintage Assessments Explorer's Selection!
TASTING NOTE: A fruit-forward red, delivering flavors of strawberry pāte de fruit and dried cranberry, with subtle notes of mocha, star anise, smoke and forest floor, structured by supple tannins and juicy acidity. Silky and well-knit, featuring a long, lingering finish. Drink now through 2029. Score - 92 (Alison Napjus, winespectator.com, Feb. 28,2015) Price $ 63.95
Bottle Size 750 mL
Tasting Date vintages release - August 5, 2017
Cases bought 148 (12 bottles per case)

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