GENERAL INFORMATION
Estate / Producer / Brand: Giuseppe Quintarelli
Region: Negrar, Verona, Veneto, Italy
Appellation: Amarone della Valpolicella DOC
Type: Dry red wine, non-sparkling
Vintage: 2011
Date of Tasting: April 2023
Type of viticulture: conventional
Grapes used: Corvina Veronese, Rondinella, Croatina (precise split not communicated)
Vintage Blend: 100% grapes from 2011
Winemaking details: “Appassimento” of grapes
Aging: not communicated
Sugar level: low (level of residual sugar not communicated)
Sulphites: contains sulphites
APPEARANCE
- Colour = Ruby (with garnet rim)
- Intensity = Deep
NOSE
- Intensity = Pronounced
- Aromas Characteristics = Primary + Secondary + Tertiary
- Aromas = Black cherry, blackberry, blueberry, liquorice, hints of Amarena cherry, vanilla, tobacco, cloves, chocolate
PALATE
- Sweetness = Dry
- Acidity = Medium+
- Tannins = High (but ripe and well integrated)
- Alcohol = High (16.5%)
- Body = Full
- Flavour Intensity = Pronounced
- Flavour Characteristics = Primary + Secondary + Tertiary
- Flavour details = Black cherry, blackberry, blueberry, liquorice, hints of Amarena cherry, vanilla, tobacco, cloves, chocolate
- Other = Incredible finish long and complex
- Finish = Long
GENERAL ASSESSMENT (1)
- Overall Quality = Outstanding
- Bottle Aging =
- Can be kept at around 8°C for up to 15-20 years
- Will gain complexity from aging
- Retail Price = 540 euros for a 75cl individual bottle (France retail price, incl. taxes)
- Value for Money = very good
- Comparison with same price competition = very good
- Suitability for Diabetics = suitable (level of residual sugar not communicated)
- Service Temperature = around 16°C
- Suggested Food & Wine Pairing = duck, lamb, venison, braised beef, beef stroganoff, beef stew, truffles
- Comments = Stunning! The 2011 vintage is a mythical “riserva” from Quintarelli, it is one of the most sought after Valpolicella vintages of the 2010s from this producer. Its aromas have evolved to become more tertiary and be centered on chocolate, cocoa and liquorice. With this wine, we are in the perfection of what man and nature can produce. This wine is undoubtedly a very good financial investment as well as a real treat for connoisseurs.
- Final Grade = A++
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(1)GENERAL ASSESSMENT GUIDE
Please note that although all efforts have been made to be as objective as possible, the general assessment inherently involves a degree of subjectivity based on a personal evaluation of the wine.
- Overall Quality scale
- Poor < Acceptable < Good < Very Good < Outstanding
- Bottle Aging
- Will it beneficiate from additional aging?
- Retail Price
- Usually the retail price for one bottle including taxes
- Value for Money
- Quality offered compared to the price paid
- Comparison with same price competition
- where does it stand compared to average competition of the same price range
- Suitability for Diabetics
- Evaluation of the level of final sugar for early stages diabetics
- Comments
- Any additional elements worth noting
- Final Grade Scale
- A++ = Out of the Charts Wine (Stellar, Hors Classe, Fuori Classe)
- A+ = Outstanding Wine
- A = Great Wine
- A- = Very Very Good
- B+ = Very Good
- B = Good
- B- = Noteworthy
- C+ = Acceptable
- C = Poor
- F = The worst grade of this scale
