Le Salette Amarone della Valpolicella Classico 2010 (75cl)

A full-bodied Italian red from the Valpolicella Classica zone, produced using the traditional appassimento method in a 750ml bottle. The wine is built primarily on Corvina, with Corvinone, Rondinella and other permitted local varieties. After harvest, the grapes are dried on traditional bamboo racks before a long, slow fermentation, then aged in large Slovenian oak casks and further refined in bottle. The nose shows dried dark fruit, black cherry preserves, fig, prune, dried herbs, cocoa, leather and warm spice. The palate is rich and full, with dense dark fruit, velvety texture, bittersweet chocolate, roasted coffee, dried Mediterranean herbs, softened tannins and a bitter almond edge. The finish is long and warming, with dark cherry, tobacco, mineral bitterness and spice.