The best Amarones are traditionally made in the Valpolicella hills. Unfortunately, due to global demand, a lot of Amarone is today also being produced in low-quality flat areas. This is out of the question at Fornaser, the family's Amarone comes from the single vineyard Monte Faustino, which is terraced and at an altitude of around 250m. It has been the pride of the Fornaser family since 1920 and the backbone of the estate's entire wine production. Monte Faustino wines are said to have a graphite note. It has a dark garnet-red color. Already in the fragrance it gives off an intense aroma of ripe red fruits, along with cherries, plums and almonds. On the palate it is very concentrated, but also quite elegant for such a wine type, in the very long finish it shows a perfect balance and notes of vanilla, coffee and cocoa. Serve this top wine with game, grilled dishes, braised meat and aged hard cheese, but it is also a real meditation wine as a soloist. Enos-wein.de gives the 2006 vintage the highest rating of 5 stars!
Drink:
now until 2038+
Analysis:
17.0% alc. vol.
Wine maturing:
in larger oak barrels and inbarriques
Grape varieties:
70% Corvina und Corvinone, 20% Rondinella, 10% others
Reviews:
Closure:
cork
Wine type:
dry red wine
Bottled by: Azienda Agricola Monte Faustino di Fornaser Paolo, Via Bure Alto, 1 - 37029 - S.Pietro in Cariano (VR) Product from Italy - contains sulphites
