Giuseppe Quintarelli Amarone della Valpolicella 2011 750ml

Winemaker's notes:
The product of a ripe growing season with just enough water, just enough coolness, and just enough sun, Quintarelli’s ’11 Amarone is a big-bodied, balanced, and seductive beauty. Gobs of brooding black fruits dance with crisp red berries, melted chocolate, fresh earth, mentholated herbs, roasted nuts, espresso and pressed violet petals in this seamless, spellbinding wine. For all its power, this intense and velvety Amarone shows its Quintarelli breeding in its finesse and elegance; sturdy, chewy tannins and electric acidity combine to show this wine’s extreme youth, but time will tame the tannic and acidic edges to reveal a stunning, age-worthy Amarone.

Quintarelli is considered by many to be the best producer of Amarone della Valpolicella.The estate dates back to 1924 and the current Giuseppe Quintarelli has been in charge since the mid1950s.
Giuseppe is one of the most traditional of Amarone producers, ageing his wine for seven years in Slavonian oak "botti". The resulting wine is one of the most complex wines produced in Italy.
Even though he is traditional in his Amarone production, it does not follow that Giuseppe is afraid of innovation. As well as the excellent Amarone, he produces an excellent dry white wine simply called Bianco Secco and an unusual, but delicious blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc and Corvina called Primo Fiore.

Meats, Lamb