Zenato, Amarone della Valpolicella DOCG 'Sergio Zenato' Classico Riserva 2015

Amarone just might be the world’s most perfect winter wine. Rich, warm, spicy – just soul-enriching stuff from the very first sip! For this cuvée, only the oldest plots are selected, with this offering only made in the finest vintages. The vines, grown on lime-y clay and shale, are hand-harvested, then dried for four months on special mats in a specialized drying room "Packaged in a pretty brown label, the Zenato 2015 Amarone della Valpolicella Classico Riserva Sergio Zenato is very ripe and open with aged aromas of tarry smoke and baked fruit. This inky dark wine feels evolved and further down its evolutionary track than it should be. The 2015 vintage was hot and dry leading up to the appassimento process. That oxidative heaviness is pushed forward by a 16.5% alcohol content. The blend is 80% Corvina, 10% Rondinella and the rest is Oseleta and Croatina. Production is 9,000 bottles" Drink now to 2033 Monica Larner 2021, Wine Advocate