15% Petit Verdot and 5% Merlot that saw 80% new French oak

This bottle was way better than the one I tasted as part of a vertical tasting of this wine in 2016

An unusually spicy and appealingly fresh array is comprised by liqueur-like red berry fruit aromas

ordered according to growing level of intensity

Chinese five spice and potpourri plus a waft of liquid licorice

Zenato, Amarone Valpolicella Classico Size:12x750ml 15% Petit Verdot and 5%Zenato's 2006 Amarone della Valpolicella Classico emerges from the glass with sweet dark red cherries, chocolate, flowers, spices and licorice. Today the 2006 comes across as powerful, structured and tight, but all it needs is time, as I witnessed firsthand over the time I followed it. Antonio Galloni