SKU: 11425
Cesari Amarone della Valpolicella Il Bosco 2016
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750ml
Save $16.01 (19%)
$69.98
Category | Red Wine |
Varietals | |
Brand | Cesari |
Origin | Italy, Veneto, Amarone della Valpolicella |
Alcohol/vol | 15.5% |
A single-vineyard Amarone produced from the Il Bosco vineyard nestled in the heart of Valpolicella Classico. The wine is rich with concentrated flavors of preserved fruit, particularly cherries. The bouquet is layered with hints of baking spices, cocoa, and toasted nuts through the long finish.
Wine Advocate
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The Cesari 2016 Amarone della Valpolicella Classico Il Bosco (a blend of 80% Corvina and 20% Rondinella from a site with reddish marl soils) offers medium intensity and faded fruit aromas with dried rose, blackberry confit and baked plum. The wine shows an evolved character with smoky tar and spice at the back (with a 15.5% alcohol content). Some 30,000 bottles were released.
Wine Spectator
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This fresh, supple red is elegant and harmonious, framed by fine tannins and offering a range of mulled cherry, black tea leaf and hot stone notes. Reveals hints of red licorice, milled white pepper and chopped rosemary. Corvina, Corvinone and Rondinella. Drink now through 2028. 3,500 cases made, 500 cases imported.