Amarone della Valpolicella Classico 1997

Le Ragose (Italy)

Valpolicella (Veneto)

Corvina (50%), Rondinella (20%), Molinara (20%), Other Grapes (10%)
Red Wine	Score: ✧✧✧✧

The wine shows an intense ruby red color and nuances of garnet red, little transparency. The nose denotes intense, clean and elegant aromas such as black cherry jam, blackberry jam, plum and dried violet followed by caramel, white pepper, cocoa, walnut and vanilla. In mouth reveals good correspondence to the nose, a tannic attack well balanced by alcohol, intense flavors and full body. The finish is persistent with pleasing flavors of plum, blackberry jam and black cherry jam. This wine is aged for 12 months in steel tanks followed by 4-5 years of aging in cask.

Alcohol: 14.5%

Roasted meat, Hard cheese, Game, Braised meat, Stewed meat

Suggested glass	18 °C (64 °F)
(Full Bodied and Very Mature Red Wines)

Issue 9, June 2003

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