Giuseppe QuintarelliAmarone della Valpolicella Riserva

2007 Amarone della Valpolicella Riserva

Giuseppe Quintarelli

Northern Italy / Italy

Red

Bts	-	0 Immediate \| 9 Marketplace		£601.00
Mags	-	0 Immediate \| 3 Marketplace		£1,201.00

FINE+RARE at Quintarelli

There is distinct anticipation in the air as the car slips quietly past the colourful patchwork of houses in the village of Negrar. It is 30 degrees outside and still there are goosebumps on my arm as we pull into a long gravel driveway at the top of the hill. Visions of Amarone dance through my head as my final ...

ON August 4, 2015

Produttori del Barbaresco - The Single Vineyard Riservas

It is a rare chance to taste all the single vineyards side by side and the best opportunity to really try and understand the nuances and terroirs of each of the separate sites. What is immediately clear is however variable in their tannin profiles, aromatics and fruit flavours, they are all incredibly consistent in quality. There isn’t a bad wine in the line-up, more than ...

BY Gavin Smith,

ON January 21, 2020

Brunello di Montalcino: 2010 and 2011 Riserva preview

FINE+RARE buyer Jessica Bryans shares her guide to buying and tasting the upcoming 2011 and 2010 Riserva releases from Brunello di Montalcino I’ve got Brunello on the brain. Among the many fantastic insights from my recent Tuscany wine tour – from touring the vines with Gianfranco Soldera to tasting Chianti Classico at Felsina – a feeling of excitement about the ...

ON November 11, 2015

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