January 8,2014 

Amarone is a great pairing for the freezing cold weather or a good excuse to open that warm thought provoking bottle. The colder you feel the younger the vintage should be.

In the younger vintages, the higher alcohol content can be more easliy felt with the delicious dark dried sweet cherries.

The cold does not bother me that much. So I am keeping warm with a 1988 Zenato Amarone Classico.

It is drinking with all the powerful fruit mellowed out to be pleasant and elegant. The warming pleasure that it presents hides any of the 14.5% ABV.