Borelli - Amarone della Valpolicella 2015 (750ml) Rully

Borelli - Amarone della Valpolicella 2015 (750ml) RullyThe Amarone style emerged in Veneto as winemakers sought to enhance the body, complexity, and alcohol in their traditionally light red wines. Using grapes like Corvina, Corvinone, and Rondinellaoften too delicate on their ownthey developed a method of drying the fruit post harvest to concentrate sugars and aromatics. This appassimento process transformed Valpolicellas profile, creating richer, more powerful wines.

the juice has clean flavor

grilled walnut and a hint of undergrowth

This wine's texture is exceptional

supple tannins and oak

there’s a focus on buttery / nutty notes which makes it seem a little capped somehow

picked at full ripeness and naturally vinified

Based on 80% Merlot

A sweetly perfumed bouquet of white flowers and sweet spice dance above ripe citrus notes of fresh lime and lemon zest

The richness and minerality of this site are honed through whole-cluster pressing and native yeast fermentation in concrete egg-shaped fermenters

a silky tannin and a juicy sip

white strawberries

and vanilla sugar