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Dal FornoRomano Dal Forno is Veneto's 'Grape King' and also one of the kings of Amarone, Italy's great 'Monster' wine. This bold statement ignites the debate: Dal Forno or Quintarelli, who makes the better wine? Both produce world-class cellar wines, and at this level it’s a taster’s preference: do you like Dal Forno’s modern, hedonistic expression of the ancient grapes or the austere, rustic style of sire Guiseppe Quintarelli? The one sure thing is that these two are in a superior class all to themselves. Both produce “revelation” wines – the kind that will change how you look beneath the colors in a glass. The great richness of Dal Forno's wines is derived from the extremely low yields of this artisan's 12.5-hectare estate outside the Classico zone. His dense, creamy Valpolicella is among the best of the Veneto, and his 'Nettare' is part of the comeback of garganega, the grape behind Soave that we find here formally dressed as a white passito dessert wine. In fact, all of his are "experience" wines, transporting you to a new level of wine appreciation.
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Dal Forno Romano Valpolicella Superiore 2004 Dal Forno Romano Amarone della Valpolicella 2002, 750ml
Our Price: $159.00
Our Price: $399.00
Dal Forno Romano Valpolicella Superiore 2004 Dal Forno Romano Amarone della Valpolicella 2002
Governo alla Toscana is one of two methods (the other is ripasso) that producers utilize to fashion a Valpolicella that realizes greater richness than the Valpolicella normale—achieving higher alcohol content, displaying more body and structure, and receiving a longer period of aging. Under this method (its name pays tribute to its original identity as a re-fermentation technique used in the Chianti zone), producers blend the finished Valpolicella with a small percentage of Amarone (from withered and concentrated grapes) remaining from a previous batch. Dal Forno's use of governo alla Toscana imparts a richness to the wine that takes it beyond the performance of many Amarones, producing what may be the ultimate expression of Valpolicella. As Dal Forno’s discriminating selection process admits only the highest quality grapes into that room, ’02 emerged in quintessential Dal Forno form, which is to say, answering to Dal Forno first and acknowledging the vintage only to its advantage and ours—in gloriously early accessibility.
Dal Forno Romano Amarone della Valpolicella 2003
Our Price: $399.00
Dal Forno Romano Amarone della Valpolicella 2003
Dal Forno crafts a wine unlike any other in the Veneto. Even in this tricky vintage, using strict vineyard management and sophisticated technique in the cellar he achieves density, weight, complexity and polish that simply don’t exist in concert in the wines of any other producer. Dal Forno’s Amarone well deserves its reputation as one of Italy’s best.A blend of Corvinone (60%), Rondinella (20%), Croatina (10%), and Oselata (10%) made in the appassimento style—the grapes are spread on straw mats for three months to drain them of their water and concentrate their sugar, crushed and fermented in a stainless steel vat for six days during which the cap is submerged with rigorous frequency, and aged in new French oak barriques for two years then in the bottle for 12 months more. This rich, expansive wine is one of the best of its kind.
   
 
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