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Wine: Speri: Amarone della Valpolicella Classico “Sant’Urbano” DOC (half bottle)

Price Range: $25-$50

Amarone is the king of Veronese wines, combining power and softness, evolving to Port-like lusciousness over three decades or more, awesome with grandeur and depth. It starts off like Valpolicella, but select bunches of Corvina grapes are lengthily dried on racks after the harvest, achieving greater concentration. Speri Amarone is only released in select vintages, and is 70% Corvina, 25% Rondinella, 5% Corvinone, from c. 16-year-old vines.

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Varietal Amarone
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Amarone is the king of Veronese wines, combining power and softness, evolving to Port-like lusciousness over three decades or more, awesome with grandeur and depth. It starts off like Valpolicella, but select bunches of Corvina grapes are lengthily dried on racks after the harvest, achieving greater concentration. Speri Amarone is only released in select vintages, and is 70% Corvina, 25% Rondinella, 5% Corvinone, from c. 16-year-old vines.
Awards

2005 Valpolicella Sant Urbano, 89 points -Wine Advocate (Issue 179)

Where Available?
  • Alberta
  • British Columbia
  • Saskatchewan
  • Manitoba
  • Quebec
  • New Brunswick
  • Nova Scotia
  • Prince Edward Island
  • Newfoundland
  • Yukon
  • Northwest Territories
  • Nunavut