Italy Northern Italy BertaniAmarone della Valpolicella

1973 Amarone della Valpolicella

Bertani

Northern Italy / Italy

Red

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£233.00

Discovering Dal Forno: A Veneto Travelogue

On Thursday 2nd August a small group from FINE+RARE flew out to Verona to visit the legendary Veneto estate, Dal Forno. We were all thrilled at the prospect, as we’ve been big fans of Dal Forno’s work for quite some time now, and were really looking forward to seeing how the family create such exquisite wines. It’s fair to say ...

ON August 17, 2018

Rosso Della Centa - The First Great Friuli Red

We have unearthed an absolute gem in the guise of Rosso della Centa. A 100% Merlot wine grown on just one hectare of a distinct marl clay hillside in Friuli, Italy. The wine is the creation of one of Italy’s top winemakers Nicola Manferrari who first produced the wine in 1985 and has gone on to release it only in ...

BY Gavin Smith,

ON January 30, 2020

Dal Forno's quest for perfection

This month Decanter magazine gave the Amarone 99 points and the baby brother Valpolicella Superiore a massive 98 points.... Andrew Jefford recently describes Dal Forno as -* a hymn to technical innovation and perfection *- true n’th degree wines of extraordinary consistency, with powerful and almost shattering personalities. They are generosity incarnate but are nonetheless faithful renditions of the aromas ...

ON March 28, 2018

Port 2017: The New Vintage Declaration

Yesterday we got our first in-depth look at the latest Vintage Ports from 2017. It is a rare event indeed to have two vintages (2016 and 2017) so widely declared back to back. But according to all the top Port houses, the 2017s are without question a match for 2016s, albeit with wines possessing a very different profile. Even ...

ON May 24, 2019

Maya Returns Home to Dalla Valle Vineyards

The Birth of the Cult Wine in Napa Valley The story of Maya is a fascinating one. Widely seen as Napa’s first cult wine, it was catapulted to stardom following the 1992 vintage becoming the second ever wine from the US to be awarded 100 points from Robert Parker. This was a big deal since Parker at that time was ...

ON November 29, 2019