with a sweet core of fruit framed by powdery tannins

Chinese five spice and potpourri plus a waft of liquid licorice

ordered according to growing level of intensity

but still not quite the range of the top examples

This bottle was way better than the one I tasted as part of a vertical tasting of this wine in 2016

Zenato, Amarone Valpolicella Classico Size:12x750ml with a sweet core ofZenato's 2006 Amarone della Valpolicella Classico emerges from the glass with sweet dark red cherries, chocolate, flowers, spices and licorice. Today the 2006 comes across as powerful, structured and tight, but all it needs is time, as I witnessed firsthand over the time I followed it. Antonio Galloni