Giuseppe Quintarelli • Valpolicella, Italy
Giuseppe Quintarelli’s Amarone della Valpolicella Classico is the estate’s crowning wine, a monumental Amarone from Negr…Giuseppe Quintarelli’s Amarone della Valpolicella Classico is the estate’s crowning wine, a monumental Amarone from Negrar in the heart of Valpolicella Classica, made only in top vintages from Corvina and Corvinone with Rondinella and small…Learn More »
$900
/750ml
2015 Retail Average
95
/100
2015 Pro Rating
Deeply perfumed and luminous in feel, Giuseppe Quintarelli Amarone della Valpolicella Classico 2015 layers sweet cherry liqueur, rose petals and warm baking spice over darker tones of anise, cocoa and damp earth. Ripe red fruits and subtle dried-fruit richness come across with surprising lift and precision, carried by fine, assertive tannins and a long, savory, spice-tinged finish that keeps this powerful Amarone remarkably graceful.
Braised beef short ribs; Aged Parmigiano Reggiano; Wild mushroom and truffle risotto
Giuseppe Quintarelli’s Amarone della Valpolicella Classico is the estate’s crowning wine, a monumental Amarone from Negrar in the heart of Valpolicella Classica, made only in top vintages from Corvina and Corvinone with Rondinella and small amounts of other local and Bordeaux varieties. Grapes are painstakingly selected and dried for months before a very long fermentation and around seven years’ aging in large Slavonian oak, yielding a profoundly complex, full-bodied yet finely balanced wine that marries rich dried fruit and spice with lifted f…