Amarone delle Valpolicella Lodoletta 2011 Dal Forno

Classification	Cru Classe
Type	Red
Brand	Dal Forno
Vintage	2011
Country	Italy
Region	Valpolicella
Volume	0,75
Condition	Perfect
Label	Perfect
Stock	0

Professional reviews

Robert Parker (96)

The 2011 Amarone della Valpolicella Monte Lodoletta is another extreme wine from Romano Dal Forno and his family. It is almost impossible to wrap your head around the intensity and richness that is so expertly delivered by this monumental wine. The bouquet is sweet and heavy with luscious tones of black fruit, prune, dried rose bud, cherry liqueur, spice and tarry asphalt. The wine oozes forth with impactful thickness and generosity. Rather than a companion to a meal, this wine is a meal in itself. It goes over and beyond traditional Amarone. This was a hot vintage, but the brunt of the heat came towards the middle/end of the growing season, followed by cooler temperatures at harvest.

James Suckling (95)

Sweet smoke, Asian five-spice powder and cacao accents mix with creme de cassis, cured tobacco and anise notes in this seamless, full-bodied red. A dense and concentrated version, with a long, savory finish firmed by supple, well-knit tannins.

BOW (9.50)