2010 Corte Sant`Alda Amarone Mithas

Gorgeous. From a single plot of vines dedicated to this wine, which is produced only in the best vintages. Dried cherries, raisins, cranberries, cooked plum, dry earth, vanilla, smoke, fruitcake... somehow reminiscent of a fine old cognac. Toffee and cherry compote on the palate, just starting to show some age; savoury, and all the more distinctive as a result (many Amarone producers will leave a little sugar in the wine). This will slumber happily for another decade, but it is in a lovely place now. (JH 18/11/2022)