Ettore Amarone della Valpolicella 2019 World of Pinot Noir Tasting 4-20-23 reinforcing the wine’s rigid frame

reinforcing the wine’s rigid frame rather than softening it

The sweet beets get chopped into the radicchio

crafting Brunellos that combine polish with the kind of warmth and generosity that make them hard not to love at the table

it was stunning to see such a wild and rugged landscape produce almost mystical level of grapes

#2 Wine Spectator Top 100 of 2021

Ettore Amarone della Valpolicella 2019 World of Pinot Noir Tasting 4-20-23 reinforcing the wine’s rigid frameEttore Righetti is a man who knows Amarone through and through for almost 30 years he has been the President and Director of the Catina di Negar, a cooperative of small growers throughout the commune Negar in Valpolicella, Italy. It is here that Ettore makes Valpolicellas famous vino da meditazione meditation wine: Amarone. Now cooperatives are generally not thought of as amazing wine producers (there are a few famous exceptions). And while Ettore