Tasting Notes
Will Di Nunzio 96
Giuseppe Quintarelli Amarone della Valpolicella Selezione 2000
Quintarelli’s 2000 Amarone Selezione spent an extra two years in cask, seeing its release more than a decade after its vintage! An astonishing wine, the 2000 Selezione is delicate and balanced, gathering power and intensity as it rolls across the palate to its sublime finish. Rich berries, ripe sour cherries, and dried plums are rolled in cocoa, layered with potpourri, dusted with earth, and supported by white truffles, peppery spices, forest floor, black tea, and cured meats in this indescribable wine. Polished tannins meet piquant minerals and lively acidity in this wonderfully textured wine — released just before Giuseppi Quintarelli passed away, the 2000 Amarone Selezione is a fitting monument to the “Maestro del Veneto.”
