Brolo Dei Giusti Amarone della Valpolicella 2013
£49.45
The wine
A benchmark Amarone, dense and brooding, with dried cherry, fig, dark chocolate and warm baking spice. Years of bottle age have knit its power into something graceful, the fruit still vivid, the finish long and savoury.
Full-bodied and enveloping at 16%, it is a wine for slow evenings and rich food: braised beef, game and aged cheese. Decant it, give it air, and let one of Valpolicella's great expressions unfold.
The producer
Brolo Dei Giusti
View all Brolo Dei Giusti winesIn the hills north of Verona, where terraced vineyards climb between cypress and stone, Brolo Dei Giusti works the classic grapes of Valpolicella. Corvina leads, joined by Corvinone and Rondinella, the trio that has shaped this corner of the Veneto for generations.
The estate follows the region's defining craft: appassimento, the slow drying of hand-picked bunches that concentrates fruit, deepens colour and lends the wines their signature warmth. It is a method that rewards patience, and Brolo Dei Giusti gives it time.
The result is a pair of wines built for the table. A supple, cherry-bright Valpolicella Superiore for everyday pleasure, and a commanding Amarone of dried fruit and spice for the occasions that call for something more. Both speak clearly of their place.
