Winery - Dal Forno Romano
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
This “young” powerhouse has barely got its legs under it, yet it’s ready to run. It opens with smoky bacon and rubber notes. In the mouth, big cherry flavors bolstered by firm tannins and potent acids make for a full-force ride. The finish, now tannic and tight as a drum, is ripe and sweet at its center. Hold for several more years.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Monte Lodoletta Amarone is an exercise in extraction. The wine is absolutely black. Aromas are concentrated and intense and the wine is equally enormous in the mouth thanks to the extraction, oak, fruit and the hot climatic conditions associated with this vintage. Drink after 2020.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Winemaker Romano Dal Forno fearlessly confronted the soggy 2002 vintage with high extraction techniques and barrique aging (36 months). This is an inky, dense wine (more syrupy than it is vinous) with black currant, peppermill, chocolate fudge and big firm wood tannins. It is so monolithic, a viable food match is virtually impossible. As always, Dal Forno straddles a fine line between brilliance and exaggeration.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
At 17.5% alcohol with a color akin to ink or oil, overwhelming berry flavors and massive tannins, this drew mixed reviews from our tasting panel. Advocates loved its intensity and viscosity. The extraction is unparalleled, they noted. Detractors, however, found it sweet and unbalanced.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Thick, black and impenetrable, this is one of the most densely extracted wines you will ever encounter. Despite its extreme size, it maintains a fresh, delicate character throughout thanks to the obvious quality of the fruit. Opulent oak and spice tones might be distracting to Valpolicella purists—but make no mistake: this is an impressive and exciting wine.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Is this a bruiser or what? Opaque in color, with monster aromatics that run from tar and espresso to maple, violets, cumin and finely scented candle wax. Deep and intense as they come, with charcoal and menthol notes on top of primary blackberry and cassis. No other word besides "massive" describes it. Hugely tannic and weighing in at 17%; needs five to seven years minimum in the cellar.
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