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2013 Dal Forno Romano Amarone Delle Valpolicella Monte Lodoletta, Veneto

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98
Romano Dal Forno is a local legend. 
The rest of us take vacations, occasionally play a round of golf in the afternoons,' said a major Veneto producer, 'But not Dal Forno. He works every day. He not only knows every bunch in his vineyards - he knows every grape! Both his wines are made in tiny quantities – it takes seven vines to produce a bottle of Valpolicella, and an almighty ten vines to make a single, very special bottle of Amarone. 
Dal Forno’s rigorous selection and draconian standards make these incredibly concentrated, full wines very hard to come by; his 8ha estate in Illasi can produce 1,500 cases at most, although in most years far fewer are actually released
Dal Forno’s Amarone della Valpolicella is a radical reinvention of one of Italy’s most famous wines. It is intoxicating and a provoking wine. Dal Forno uses extremely low yields and an austere selection process admitting only the most exceptional grapes. The global wine market has an insatiable demand for the world’s greatest wines and Dal Forno’s Amarone has been called the ‘Petrus of the Veneto’. When tasting the 2013 vintage this year, Monica Larner also embarked on a retrospective tasting back to the 1990 vintage to assess ageing potential: 
'The results were nothing short of stunning... Dal Forno’s greatest wines transcend vintage to bring us an exceptional portrait of one of the world’s most ambitious wines... The 2013 vintage of the Amarone della Valpolicella is on the market now, and the wine was not produced in 2014. Michele Dal Forno, one of Romano’s three sons, tells me his family is considering releasing their Amarone ten years after the harvest in order to give the wine even more time to evolve. Indeed, many of the bottles tasted in this retrospective were opened the evening before my visit to the winery. The drinking windows for the newer vintages tasted in this report extend 30 to 50 years.

The 2013 Amarone della Valpolicella Monte Lodoletta is my favorite wine in the retrospective, along with the amazing 2011, 2009 and 1996 vintages. This wine was released at the beginning of this year, and because Dal Forno skipped over the 2014 vintage, this is the only Amarone we will see for a while (until the highly anticipated 2015 is released). The 2013 vintage is characterized by a slightly more streamlined mouthfeel (which isn't saying much given the baseline enormity of these wines) with carefully etched aromas of black cherry, rum cake, dark chocolate and toasted espresso. The 2013 vintage was balanced overall without the sudden heat waves we saw in the summers of 2011 and 2012. The grapes finished a slow and steady ripening process over an extended growing season. The effect is graceful and focused. Put this bottle aside in your cellar for the decades to come. Drink date: 2022 - 2055.
98 points Monica Larner robertparker.com
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Wine Type Red Wine
Wine Style Traditional
Country Italy
Region Veneto
Varietals Corvina, Rondinella, Oseleta, Croatina
Vintage 2013
Bottle Size 750ml
Wine Points 98
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