The Pasqua 2017 Amarone della Valpolicella Famiglia Pasqua shows signs of the hot vintage with concentrated fruit, potting soil, dried cherry and redwood at a carpentry shop. This expression is raw and vibrant with big oak and bigger fruit that walk hand in hand. The wine is a blend of air-dried Corvina, Rondinella, Corvinone and Negrara, with 25,000 bottles made.

This creamy version is medium-bodied and balanced, with an accessible range of baked black cherry, fig cake, licorice and anise. Subtle finish. Corvina, Rondinella, Corvinone and Negrara. Drink now through 2026. 2,000 cases made, 355 cases imported.??–AN??Region: Italy / Amarone della Valpolicella Select to Add

The Pasqua 2016 Amarone della Valpolicella Famiglia Pasqua is 65% Corvina, 25% Rondinella, 5% Corvinone and 5% Negrara, all aged in a combination of barrique and tonneaux. The wine shows dark fruit, plum and dried cherry with ample spice, tar and licorice. This is a fresh and medium-bodied Amarone with a more accessible style for informal family dinners by the fireplace. Production is 25,000 bottles.

Round and balanced, this medium- to full-bodied red offers fragrant base notes of loamy earth, espresso and cured tobacco, layered with dried raspberry and fig cake flavors. Silky tannins keep this creamy on the palate through to the zesty finish. Drink now through 2025. 5,000 cases made, 2,000 cases imported.??–AN??Region: Italy / Amarone della Valpolicella Select to Add

The warm-vintage 2015 Amarone della Valpolicella Famiglia Pasqua is a plump and accessible wine, teeming with generous notes of blackberry and dried plum. The blend is 65% Corvina, 25% Rondinella, 5% Corvinone and 5% Negrara and grapes see a brief 90 days of appassimento. Plenty of spice, tar and leather fills out the rear. The wine is aged in oak for up to 20 months. Some 36,000 bottles were produced. This is a food-friendly, go-to wine for those who may be less familiar with Amarone.