I have had the good fortune to discover a wonderful wine, Conte di Bregonzo Amarone della Valpolicella. This bottle will serve you well if you let it breathe for an hour or so. The wine is a deep reddish purple color with a nice nose of cherry and spices. The taste wine is rich with the flavor of figs, dates, plums, dried apricots, and light oak. The alcohol level is high at 14.5%.
I had never heard of Amarone before trying this bottle, so I did a little research that I would love to share with you:
Amarone della Valpolicella is an often powerful Italian wine made from dried grapes of the Corvina, Rondinella, and Molinara varieties.
Made near Valpolicella, Amarone is made by harvesting ripe grapes and allowing them to dry, traditionally on straw mats. This concentrates the remaining sugars and flavors. Depending on weather conditions, the wine may be influenced by "noble rot". The final result is a very ripe, raisin-y, big-bodied wine with very little acid. Alcohol content easily surpasses 15%. Amarones are not cheap, be forewarned, but they are very, very, good.
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