Tenuta Santa Maria di Gaetano Bertani Amarone della Valpolicella Riserva 2016 conegliano valdobbiadene "Very sleek and tightly coiled

"Very sleek and tightly coiled

and blackberry

The aroma of this wine is passion fruit caught as it falls ripe from the tree

These wines are often maligned

or a salty lentil soup

Tenuta Santa Maria di Gaetano Bertani Amarone della Valpolicella Riserva 2016 conegliano valdobbiadene "Very sleek and tightly coiledTenuta Santa Maria di Gaetano Bertani is a very long name, but the key word is Bertani. In one of those classic tales of siblings disagreeing over how to run the family business, this is the half of the Bertani family that ended up with the vineyards. Their Amarone comes from some of the best sites in Valpolicella. Unusually for Amarone, this is spicy and elegant for Amarone.