Winery - Tommaso Bussola
* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Here’s a thickly extracted and dense wine with a deep crimson color accented by brownish hues. It exhibits aromas of dried fruit, raisins, prunes, smoked jerky and ham. The wine is so rich and potent, it tastes chewy and brothy on the close. Imported by Rare Wine Company.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Tommaso Bussola successfully delivers Amarone typicity in the form of white cherry, fragrant almond blossom and vanilla-apple. This is a wine with personality and a vertical, direct approach that ends with firm structure and good length.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
This vintage of Ripasso Ca’ del Laito opens with meaty aromas of bresaola and cured beef followed by mature cherry and blackberry. The wine is soft and chewy, with succulent fruit pulp and a distinct note of sweet spice on the close.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
With 17.5% alcohol, this is a big, brawny Amarone that should be paired with an appropriately dense and wintery meat dish (like beef or game stew). The vineyard-designate wine is sweet and very succulent with loads of ripe and candied fruit flavors on the chewy, soft finish.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Lovers of traditional Amarone can appreciate a pinch of volatility (it sometimes appears as apple or cider) because it can add vibrancy, buoyancy and life to a wine when applied in measured doses. This is a good example of a wine enhanced by pungent apple that will appeal to those who like this style. Tommaso Bussola is a winemaking legend in these parts and is a leader in Valpolicella tradition.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Here’s a bold and jammy Valpolicella with loads of power and alcohol that would pair with stewy meat dishes or game meat. You’ll feel the heat on the nose followed by determined aromas of exotic spice, cherry maraschino and amaretto liqueur.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Here’s a ripe and jammy expression of Amarone that shows some of the heat of the 2003 vintage. Red cherry and raspberry jam are backed by gritty spice and firm tannins.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
This sweet Recioto opens with thick, inky blackness and jammy aromas of black fruit, plum and prune. You can taste some oak-driven flavors of spice and smoke. The wine ends with a blast of astringent, ripe tannins.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
There’s a muddled element to the nose here that recalls old wood or spice and in general, this wine lacks sharpness and focus. It tastes very sweet and offers high alcohol that keeps the palate ripping clean.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
You’ll love the thickness and concentration of this wine; it renders a soft and filling texture in the mouth. In terms of its aromas, this ripasso offers mature notes of ripe cherry and blackberry with loads of exotic spice at the back. Imported by Vieux Vins, Inc.
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