2000 Dal Forno Amarone

2000 Dal Forno Amarone

The most prized (if not the most powerful) expression of the wines of Valpolicella, Amarone della Valpolicella wines are famously robust, red wines made in the Veneto. Amarone della Valpolicella is an intensely flavored dry red wine made from dried (passito) grapes. It is made in the Veneto region of northeastern Italy, and is one of the region’s most prestigious red wines.

Amarone comes from the Italian word amaro (“bitter”), completed by the –one suffix which denotes impressive size or volume. When compared to the sweet recioto which the early amarones were supposed to be, this name is entirely logical.