Tenuta Sant'Antonio Amarone Antonio Castagnedi, 2019

Italy, (Amarone della Valpolicella DOCG)
70% Corvina/Corvinone, 20% Rondinella, 5% Croatina, 5% Oseleta

15.0%

 

Tenuta Sant’Antonio Valpolicellas are made from 100% estate-grown fruit from the Illasi Valley and Monti Garbi. They make three Amarone wines, Selezione Castignedi, Campo dei Gigli and Lilium Est and a Ripasso wine named for the estate, Monti Garbi and an everyday Valpolicella called “Nanfre.”

 

TASTING NOTES: This wine is darkly alluring, with a seductive blend of black cherries and crushed violet candies giving way to a dusting of cocoa. This is silky smooth, nearly creamy yet lifted in feel, with ripe red fruits contrasted by a tinge of bitter balsamic spice. This tapers off with youthful tension, leaving a coating of grippy tannins that are nicely offset by a bump of residual acidity

 

FOOD PAIRINGS: Roasted red meats, grilled steak, aged cheeses, mushroom pasta, and risotto. It also pairs surprisingly well with dark chocolate.