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To: SG who wrote (976)	12/16/2009 5:45:06 PM
From: X Y Zebra	of 1277

delicious wine. depending on the specific bottle, and yours seems to be one of them... a big wine. i was given as a christmas gift a few years ago six (different) bottles of the amarone wines... they were all delicious... i do not remember the exact flavors, but i remember that they were no ordinary valpolicellas -which tend to be on the lighter side. later i found out that the amarone wines are made with grapes that are put to dry (in a similar way they make pedro ximenez sherry in spain) the pedro ximenez grapes are left to dry until they are almost like raisins... in the amarone wine the drying process is not as extensive. and i do not recall it being sweet at all. but full of flavor and not much acidity, that tend to appear in the most italian wines. if you liked the amarone you will love the Barolo i am sure. the wine of kings some call it (which i am sure some big bourgogne wine lovers will contest that -g) but like many other famous wine names... you have to be careful to be specific as to which barolo you will be getting... it can vary in price and quality.... personally.... it has been harder for me to learn the italian "denominazione" than the french... particularly because i made an unintended mistake by reading on bordeaux as my first region... probably bordeaux is the best organized... from there... you have to be very good at memorizing the at times tiny vineyards that are capable of producing very good wines... as i have found that burgundy is harder than bordeaux in learning about who produces what and in what quality. (Robert Parker has a book on Burgundy that helped me).... but everyone else the reading becomes more confusing as in some cases there are many winemakers, regions, etc. that makes it hard to memorize all that infrmation so my suggestion when buying a barolo (or any other wine for that matter) is do some reading on the area, and then identify (on paper) what would be the best vineyards.... then go buy ... obviously the internet makes it a lot easier, particularly when it comes to do the buying....

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