Happy Sunday! It's been a slow, rainy day here, though I managed a couple hours between raindrops to remove some fencing temporarily in anticipation of a tree removal tomorrow morning. But now I'm back inside, finishing laundry and making Sunday dinner. For tonight's festivities, I've opened a bottle of a perennial favorite Italian variety that I recently bought from Wines Till Sold Out. The 2015 San Rustico Amarone della Valpolicella Classico is a blend of Corvina and Corvinone (68%), Rondinella (27%) and Molinara (5%), dried for three months before pressing. So, let's see how this wonderful and interesting wine is shaping up!
The wine is a deep ruby color in the glass, with nice clarity. A gentle swirl of the glass releases aromas of black cherry, kirsch and warm spices, with undertones of smoke and earthy loam. Take a sip and your senses make and abrupt turn with a rush of sweet ripe cherry, blackberry and prune that very gradually evolves into some white pepper spice and bit of charred oak. The tannins are nicely structured for the long, smooth dry finish with a reprise of spice notes on the very end.
Overall, I would rate this wine a solid 9, as it's just a very pleasant drinking wine and it was a great value at just $30. This wine would be perfect with steaks or game meat, such as bison, elk or lamb, as well as smoky barbecue. Tonight I've taken a different approach and am enjoying this wine with some bucatini with mussels fra diavalo, as the spice and acidity of the sauce marries well with the up-front sweetness of this wine. Cheers!
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