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Romano Dal Forno Amarone della Valpolicella 2016

14% abv

Vol- 75cl

” The 2016 Amarone della Valpolicella is a sleeping giant, darkly alluring with dried violets, dusty black currants, shaved cedar and lifting hints of mint. This is sleek and cool-toned in feel—lifted yet intense and savory to the core, with masses of mineral-tinged dark red fruits and balsamic tones carried across a core of zesty acidity. The 2016 finishes tannic and long, clamping down hard on the palate and leaving a bitter primary concentration that lingers on and on. This is just a baby today and in need of serious cellaring, yet the potential is off the charts. Marco Dal Forno explains that he considered selling the 2018 before the 2016 to allow it to come fully into focus, which he already did with the 2017.” 2026 – 2042
98 points, Eric Guido Vinous , Dec 2023

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£305.00inclusive of Duty and VAT

Limited stock, only 3 remaining

Dal Forno Romano was established in the 1980s, the winery has rapidly established itself as one of the regions finest. Romano’s family had long owned vines in Valpolicella, in Illasi, but he did not have any direct winegrowing experience. Mentored by the great Giuseppe Quintarelli, he had to learn everything as he went along. His drive and singular vision led him to build a state-of-the-art winery, create his own vacuum pressure tanks, invent his own fan dehydration system, develop new pump-extraction technology and design bespoke automated tank-cleaning systems. Dal Forno Romano’s history is so far a relatively short one, but one that is immensely energetic and compelling. Dal Forno Romano’s vineyards are primarily made up of Corvina, with some smaller amounts of Rondinella, Croatina and Oseleta. High density planting, up to 12,800 plants per hectare, in an effort to keep yields low and concentration high. Grapes are sorted once before drying and once again after, with apassimento taking around a month for the Valpolicella and three months for the Amarone. After pressing and fermentation, Romano’s tailored piston system punches the fruit down to maximise extraction as gently as possible. The wines are then kept at vacuum pressure from fermentation to barrel aging, and from blending to bottling, all to limit oxidisation of the wines and preserve their quality. Both wines are aged in new oak barriques for two years and bottle aged for four. What results from this diligence and ingenuity are wines that are at once classic in style and atypical in production, and undoubtedly some of the finest and most rewarding Valpolicella wines in the region.

Reference #:
20828
Strength
14 ABV
Bottles per Case
6 bottles
Grapes
Corvina, Croatina, Oseleta, Rondinella
Organic
No
Biodynamic
No
Vegan
No
Vegetarian
No
Sparkling
No

What do I pay for delivery?

Orders under £150 are charged an initial £9.95 incl. VAT.

Northern Ireland, Isle of Man, Isles of Scilly.
Orders under £190 are charged an initial £12.00 incl.

All stock bought from Bond will be charged at delivery cost as quoted by the bond. As this varies dependent on the location of the wines and ultimate destination this will be quoted to you at the point of billing for VAT and duty.

And can we change order.

Deliveries are normally between 09.00 and 17.00 Tuesday to Friday and a signature is required on receipt of delivery. (We do not ship on a Friday for Monday delivery unless specifically requested to do so).

A shipping confirmation email will be sent when your order has been processed and shipped. You will be sent a further email and/or text with a delivery time slot and a consignment number along with instructions on how to amend this if required.

If you are out a card is left, with an instruction to call the local depot to re-arrange delivery. Alternatively, you can inform us to “leave safe”, “leave with a neighbour”, “leave in garage” etc. and we will pass this information onto the courier. Please remember that, in accordance with our Terms & Conditions, alcohol will only be left with persons over 18 Years Old.

A shipping confirmation email will be sent when your order has been processed and shipped. You will be sent a text with a delivery time slot and a consignment number along with instructions on how to amend this if required.

We use Mailsafe packaging and double walled cardboard boxes for secure shipping of all bottles. Clear labelling marked FRAGILE is applied and all our despatches.

UK mainland deliveries are overnight from confirmation of despatch with the exception of the following postcodes where deliveries are made on a 2 to 5 day service from despatch : 

IV 3 to 11, IV14 to 28, IV 40 & IV 51 to 54, IV 63. KW 1 to 3 & KW 5 to 14. PH 33 to 41

 

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