Fleshes out with air while maintaining liveliness and finishes bright

with scents of pencil lead and cooked meat infusing the black fruit

The 2013 vintage was balanced overall without the sudden heat waves we saw in the summers of 2011 and 2012

fine-grained tannins

and it is incredibly impressive

Romano Dal Forno, Amarone della Valpolicella other_regions Fleshes out with air whileThe 2013 Amarone della Valpolicella Monte Lodoletta is my favorite wine in the retrospective, along with the amazing 2011, 2009 and 1996 vintages. This wine was released at the beginning of this year, and because Dal Forno skipped over the 2014 vintage, this is the only Amarone we will see for a while (until the highly anticipated 2015 is released). The 2013 vintage is characterized by a slightly more streamlined mouthfeel (which isn't saying much