Nicolas Amarone Classico 2019

This is the big gun from the Veneto region – based near Verona, so think Romeo and Juliet, but would any other wine smell quite so sweet? A crimson/magenta hue, this is a wine with serious intensity. There are notes of chocolate, cloves, cassis, plums, black fruits, leather and a hint of axle grease (in the most positive way). The wine offers focus and bright acidity, which runs the full journey, and a lengthy journey it is. A wine which is generous but balanced, it concludes with delightfully silky tannins. Ten or twelve years will see the wine drinking beautifully, but you could also say that by then, it is only getting started.