A bold, full-bodied red, with a rich nose of tar, loamy earth and smoke meeting ripe blackberry, violet, plum sauce and milled white pepper on the palate. Shows grippy tannins, but they're wrapped in the palate's juicy flavor range, lending sculpted weight and definition without bulk. Drink now through 2036. 258 cases made.??–AN??Region: Italy / Amarone della Valpolicella Classico Select to Add

The Bussola 2011 Amarone della Valpolicella Classico Vigneto Alto TB goes overboard for me, both in terms of alcohol content (registered here at a whopping 17%) and general bulkiness. To call this a bold wine is an understatement. The bouquet shows explosive notes of syrupy black fruit and cooked jam with exotic spice and fragrant redwood. This is a limited production of 3,096 bottles. 2011 was a very hot and dry vintage with scorching winds blowing up from Africa throughout much of the summer.

Offers flavors of date, kirsch, dark chocolate and spice box, enlivened by bright, almost tangy acidity, while silky tannins form a supple frame. Aromatic herb and smoky mineral notes linger on the chewy finish. Best from 2022 through 2032. 300 cases made.??–AN??Region: Italy / Amarone della Valpolicella Classico Select to Add

The Bussola 2010 Amarone della Valpolicella Classico Vigneto Alto TB opens to dark and thickly concentrated appearance with a deep garnet color and hints of amber or unpolished copper at the rims. The bouquet is powerful and impactful, hitting the senses with rather blunt and dramatic notes of kirsch, blackberry preserves, candied plum, rum cake and marron glacé. The blend is 45% Corvina, 30% Corvinone and 25% Rondinella fermented in oak for 60 days and aged in new and neutral oak for a very long 90 months. The wine is texturally thick, carrying plenty of fruit weight and a powerful 17% alcohol content, which I find a little hard to affront. I tasted bottle number 215 of only 3,825 produced.

A mouthwatering, medium- to full-bodied red, offering a rich and expressive range of black raspberry preserve, dried fig, anise and wild sage flavors, dressing the taut, finely knit tannins. Well-spiced and long, with lots of ripe fruit, mineral and herb notes echoing on the finish. Drink now through 2030. 300 cases made.??–AN??Region: Italy / Amarone della Valpolicella Classico Select to Add