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Joan

Joan

4566 days ago

Joan scored this wine: 88/100

I love this wine because I'm getting a delicious well structured "Amarone" like wine at a great price. This style of Valpolicella has been "re-passed" on the lees of a previously fermented Amarone wine and so turns an everyday table wine into a rich and complex wine.

4570 days ago

Joan scored this wine: 90/100

I lived next to this vineyard and it's one of my favs! The complexity of this outstanding Bordeaux blend (known as a Meritage in North America) is a result of five grapes! Earthy aromas with scents of black currant, leather and tobacco and the taste of cherry, currant and spice with a hint of vanilla. Lingers long on the palate ... a superb wine!

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