Tenuta Sant'Antonio, Antonio Castagnedi, Amarone della Valpolicella, Veneto, Italy 2018

Tenuta Sant'Antonio's 'entry-level' Amarone is a finely balanced wine showcasing red and black hedgerow fruits with subtle tannic grip and fresh acidity. Ripe and succulent with a minty and chocolatey background, this is an ideal Amarone for the table. 70% Corvina and Corvinone, 20% Rondinella, 5% Croatina and 5% Oseleta.

The four Castagnedi brothers inherited their father’s sizeable estate above San Briccio in Mezzane di Sotto, in the heart of Valpolicella Orientale. They produce excellent Soave as well as the full range of Veronese reds, and their Amarone Antonio Castagnedi – named after their father – is a beautifully rounded and polished example. Oaky and ripe with a vanilla pod edge to nutty and dried fruit aromas, it has a deliciously juicy mid-palate with ripe, plummy flavours without being over the top. Fair length and definition combine with lingering fruit aromas.