Comments on: Amarone http://learnitalianwines.wordpress.com/2009/09/22/amarone/ A guide to Italian wines, grapes and producers Sun, 05 May 2013 00:42:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: tom hyland http://learnitalianwines.wordpress.com/2009/09/22/amarone/#comment-106 Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:17:41 +0000 http://learnitalianwines.wordpress.com/?p=506#comment-106 Lizzy:

Thanks for your comment. If you read the post closely, you’ll see that I did indeed mention that “Molinara has become less and less important in most bottlings.” I then went ahead and mentioned other varieties that are used, including Corvinone.

]]> By: Lizzy http://learnitalianwines.wordpress.com/2009/09/22/amarone/#comment-105 Fri, 09 Oct 2009 14:58:52 +0000 http://learnitalianwines.wordpress.com/?p=506#comment-105 Hi Tom,
great post indeed! However, today – unfortunately, IMHO – Molinara is not in the current blend for Amarone or Recioto della Valpolicella, because producers prefer Corvinone. So, the traditional blend of Corvina, Rondinella, Molinara, in an Amarone wine is very rare: you can find it in very few, traditional producers, as “Il Velluto” winery (Sant’Ambrogio di Valpolicella).
The reason of this lies in the fact that the Molinara is a grape low in color, while the consumer’s trends prefer wine rich in very deep colour…
Cheers from Valpolicella!
Lizzy

]]> By: Buy Wine Online http://learnitalianwines.wordpress.com/2009/09/22/amarone/#comment-102 Sun, 04 Oct 2009 17:54:47 +0000 http://learnitalianwines.wordpress.com/?p=506#comment-102 Thanks, This is a great post. Amarones are some of my favorite wines. Unfortunately many people aren’t familiar with them. This will help open their eyes to a more approachable wine.

Thanks,
Matt

]]> By: tom hyland http://learnitalianwines.wordpress.com/2009/09/22/amarone/#comment-100 Sat, 03 Oct 2009 22:17:12 +0000 http://learnitalianwines.wordpress.com/?p=506#comment-100 Thanks for the nice comment.

I will write soon about Ripasso.

]]> By: AJ http://learnitalianwines.wordpress.com/2009/09/22/amarone/#comment-99 Sat, 03 Oct 2009 19:00:15 +0000 http://learnitalianwines.wordpress.com/?p=506#comment-99 Tom, Great post! These rich and powerful wines with their plethora of new world and hard knock traditionalist producers can be a minefield for the uninitiated to negotiate. Have you done a post on Amarone’s baby brother Valpolicella Ripassos yet? Wonderful wines to enjoy while waiting for your Amarone to mature. Thanks for sharing the knowlege.

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