Winery - Allegrini
* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Never mind the fanciful name: It’s basically Corvina from the Verona area made in an ultramodern, international style. The color is dark, the nose extracted and sweet, and the mouthfeel thick and creamy. There’s a pile of black fruit and chocolate on the palate and some cheek-grabbing tannins to the finish.
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Allegrini Corvina - 1998
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Black as coal and a true powerhouse. The nose dishes out tons of bacon, chocolate, caramel and prune-like fruit. Then comes the regal but complex palate that is much like the liquid version of fruitcake: there’s liqueur, raisins and dark chocolate in abundance. A rich, smooth mouthfeel solidifies it as a dynamite wine. Cellar Selection.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
This is a highly intense and thickly extracted wine from one of the area’s most storied producers that boast blockbuster notes of black cherry, chewy fruit comfiture, milk chocolate and vanilla-oak. At the back are interesting bacon highlights.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Allegrini presents a very likable and smooth Valpolicella with bright berry tones and lively shadings of spice and white almond that appear in the background. Pair this wine wine with grilled sausage or lamb shish kabob.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Aged 18 months in oak, this plump, generous Amarone opens with a mixed bouquet of red fruit, blackberry, cinnamon, molasses and toasted almond. It tastes smooth and ripe with a sophisticated, but slight sweet mouthfeel.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
A blend of grapes including traditional Corvina and Rondinella undergoes air-drying for extra-rich concentration and intensity. That, with careful oak aging, has shaped a richly textured, dense wine that would pair with game meat or bean soup with smoked bacon. It shows raw, slightly chewy tannins on the close.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
This vintage of La Grola opens with impressive intensity and richness of texture that spreads generously over the palate. This food-friendly Italian red makes a lasting impression thanks to its beautiful aromas of black fruit, spice, toasted nut, cola and tobacco.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
La Grola is an opulent and luscious blended wine from Verona and this particular expression offers extra aromas of cured beef, leather and earth over a generous base of black fruit and spice. It shows soft, fine tannins that would pair with smoked ham.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Here’s a modern rendition of Corvina (one of the grapes that makes up Italy’s Amarone) that opens with a blast of blackberry fruit, exotic spice, leather, tar and moist pipe tobacco. It’s soft and chewy with long, impressive persistency.
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Allegrini Corvina - 2006
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
This is a gorgeous wine with loads of intensity and personality derived from the native Corvina grape of Valpolicella, Italy. It’s amazingly rich and smooth with long-lasting flavors of maraschino cherry, Indian spice and cola.
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Allegrini Corvina - 2004
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