2015 Zyme - Amarone del Valpolicella Classico Superiore
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With 7,500 bottles released, the Zýmè 2015 Amarone della Valpolicella Classico is a full-throttle expression that offers lovely dimension, depth and intensity. You get all that extra layering that comes from the appassimento process in a softly modern and contemporary expression, clocking in at 15.5% alcohol. The wine is ready to drink now (with a few hours of open-bottle decanting), or you could cellar it longer, if you please. It offers impressive versatility and longevity no matter how you want to play this bottle. This traditional blend of Corvina, Corvinone, Rondinella, Oseleta and Croatina finishes on a soft or simple note and with richness that spreads evenly over the senses.
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The 2015 Amarone della Valpolicella bursts from the glass with a ripe and extroverted display of medicinal cherries dipped in dark chocolate, offset by hints of balsamic spice and sweet mint. It’s rich and deeply textural, with vibrant acidity lending lift as ripe red and purple-tinged fruits flesh out, leaving a subtle coating of fine tannins in their wake. Nothing is out of place here in this pleasure-bomb of a wine, which shows the ripeness of the vintage yet never falls out of balance. The Amarone is one of the most classic wines from the Zýmē portfolio. A blend of traditional grapes are dried for three months, then crushed, fermented and macerated for another two months before being matured in large Slavonian oak for five years.