Ca dei Maghi Amarone della Valpolicella Classico DOCG, Italy 2016 Bannockburn tight nose

tight nose

Stagecoach vineyard is so far in to the mountains

Thierry Brouin has been the winemaker since 1979

grilled fish

spice and wet stone

Ca dei Maghi Amarone della Valpolicella Classico DOCG, Italy 2016 Bannockburn tight noseAnother exceptionally refined amarone from Paolo Creazzi. It's fairly muted on the nose, but translucent flavours in the mouth. Bitter orange and orange bitters, gentian and dried plums, iodine and tamarind powder. It's dry, spicy and the tannins fill the mouth the way a violin fills a cavernous concert hall, achingly elegant, soaring, but you can feel them with your whole body. The substantial alcohol is so beautifully melded into the fabric of the