A focused Amarone, with dried cherry and spicy tobacco character. Medium-bodied, with good acidity and a clean, tight finish. Pleasant, even refreshing now, but will age as well. Drink now through 2012. 5,500 cases made, 2,000 cases imported.??–JC??Region: Italy / Amarone della Valpolicella Classico Select to Add

Bertani keeps a library of vintages that remain available. This 2000 is absolutely gorgeous, with exotic spice, clove, milled pepper, black fruit, dried apple skin, tobacco and cola. The complexity is extraordinary and so is the smoothness and quality of its fine tannins. Hold this wine another 10 years. ——M.L.(12/1/2009)—— 94