Romano Dal Forno, Amarone della Valpolicella other_regions Cabernet Sauvignon dominates this wine

Cabernet Sauvignon dominates this wine with 90%

Seven percent was fermented in concrete eggs

This is a towering effort from Angelo Gaja

we had a long debate about that

spices and sweet herbs

Romano Dal Forno, Amarone della Valpolicella other_regions Cabernet Sauvignon dominates this wineThe 2013 Amarone della Valpolicella Monte Lodoletta is my favorite wine in the retrospective, along with the amazing 2011, 2009 and 1996 vintages. This wine was released at the beginning of this year, and because Dal Forno skipped over the 2014 vintage, this is the only Amarone we will see for a while (until the highly anticipated 2015 is released). The 2013 vintage is characterized by a slightly more streamlined mouthfeel (which isn't saying much