Dal Forno Romano - Valpolicella 2011 (750ml)

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Producer	Dal Forno Romano
Country	Italy
Region	Veneto
Subregion	Valpolicella
Varietal	Red Blend
Vintage	2011
Sku	03627
Size	750ml

 

This wine is a blend of 70 per cent Corvina with 20 per cent Rondinella and just 5 per cent each of Croatina and Oseleta. It’s deep black-red in colour, and is dark and forceful, sombre yet voluptuous in aroma: a harmonious weave of black chocolate, sloe and elderberry, with the years in oak bringing a cedary refinement. On the palate, it’s a vault of a wine: deep, dark and roomy, packed with earthy refinements and black fruited echoes, both severe yet soft and enticing too. The tannins are ample yet fine-grained, the acidity delicate and sustaining. I wrote about the ‘crocodilian’ character of grand Veneto dried-fruit reds wine back in April, but the teeth are polished ivory here. This is horizon-altering ‘Valpolicella’ which would perform outstandingly in any Amarone tasting.

The Dal Forno Romano 2011 Valpolicella Superiore Monte Lodoletta (aged in oak for 24 months) is a texturally rich wine (much bigger than the 2005 vintage that I tasted in the same flight). This is a gritty and powerful expression with tar, smoke and savory spice. With time in the glass, subtle hints of dried blackcurrant and pressed rose begin to emerge.