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IN NOVEMBER: LA DOLCE VITA A Sanctuary in the Savannah. The Fabulous Four Seasons Safari Lodge Serengeti. INTERIORS Palm Beach Living. Explore the Pleasures of Tropical Life. THE ROLEX MIDDLE SEA RACE Natural Beauty and Nautical Challenge. FLORENCE Michelangelo's Secret Room Exposed. “Don't trouble yourself. God didn't make us to abandon us.” Michelangelo Buonarroti BEAUTY The Creative Process Behind CHANEL's Chance Eau Fraîche. THIS IS WINE The 20th Chapter in This is Wine: Its Storied Place and Taste. The Great Bitter II: The Burgundy vs Bordeaux Schools of Wine Thought in Amarone. GASTRONOMY Paul Bocuse (Monsieur Paul). The Pope of Gastronomy. HEALTH & WELLBEING Tackling Diabetes. Dementia Risk Reduction: Diabetes Control. ENVIRONMENT The Race to Carbon Neutral. BAKING North American Weekend Bakes. COCKTAILS Siesta Cocktail. When a Hemingway Daiquiri met Margarita.
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THIS IS WINE
Above: The Dal Forno Romano winery is located in Lodoletta in the Val d’Illasi, in the Valpolicella production area to the east side of Verona. It was founded in 1983 when Romano
Dal Forno, aged 26 at the time, decided to stop supplying his grapes to the local cooperative winery and started to produce his own wines. The winery currently manages 34 hectares
of vineyards, 18 of which it owns. Throughout the years, Romano Dal Forno relied on his sons’ crucial help in running the company: Luca, Michele and Marco. Since 2020, Marco has
been solely responsible for all production stages, assisted, as always, by his father Romano. Photography courtesy Azienda Agricola Dal Forno Romano.
Dal Forno Romano Vigneto Monte Lodoletta
Valpolicella Superiore DOC 2017
exclusively represented by Farsonsdirect
Dal Forno Romano use exactly the
same painstakingly meticulous
process, grapes and blend to make
their Valpolicella as their Amarone only with
less wracking time (6 vs 12 weeks). 8 vines
worth of fruit go into making one bottle and
despite the hot vintage, this transcends 2017 to
reveal something much more captivating. Far
better than many an Amarone on the market
this is one of my firm favourites.
The Dal Forno Romano estate was
established by Romano dal Forno himself in
1983. Romano Dal Forno was immensely
influenced by the maestro of Veneto Giuseppe
Quintarelli in converting his own family estate
in the Valpolicella DOC region to the forefront
of winemaking, to the extent that his wines vie
comfortably with Quintarelli’s own fare.
Dal Forno Valpolicella Superiore 2017 opens
up with a fragrance of purple flowers, red
cherries and dried figs. The attack is dark
cherry, marshmallows, roast hazelnuts, baked
spices, currants and chocolate ganache, with a
mid-bodied softness enlightened by ample
layers of more fruit dazzlingly dancing on the
palate before ending in a minerally driven clay
and gravel finish of graphite, iron fillings,
white game and treacly molasses.
Rich flavours of complexity in the tertiaries
even at this stage without detracting from the
medley of fruit and fine secondary profile of
soothing dry leaves and stems maceration. This
slowly evolved in the glass to reveal further
depths of caramelized apples, tangerine, crème
caramel, sugared almonds - all sweet, tart, dry,
and bitter in equal measure.
Luminous and ethereal enough to enjoy on
the young side, yet seething depths show a
dynamic streak of energetic evolution making
this fun to follow as it morphs into something
more surreally profound. Curvaceous, sleek,
fast-moving yet graceful, this is utterly
delightful and one of the most beautiful wines
I have ever tasted.
Supplier details: Farsonsdirect has a vast selection of Amarone and Italian wines. In the Dal Forno Romano portfolio there is also
Amarone della Valpolicella Classico and Vigna SereRosso Passito Veneto IGT.
Farsonsdirect, The Brewery, Mdina Road, B'Kara. Tel 00356 2381 4444. Web farsonsdirect.com
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