The Allegrini Fieramonte Amarone Classico Riserva DOCG 2016 is a stunning representation of the famed Amarone style from Veneto, Italy. Deep ruby in colour with a slight garnet hue, this wine exudes elegance and complexity. On the nose, an intense bouquet of dark cherries, plums, and blackberries intermingles with hints of dried herbs and spice. The palate is equally impressive, with rich, velvety tannins and a full-bodied structure that perfectly balances the wine's luscious fruit flavours. Notes of chocolate, tobacco, and a touch of oak add depth and dimension to the long, lingering finish. This vintage from Allegrini showcases their expertise and dedication to quality, making it a must-try for any lover of fine Italian wines. Enjoy now or cellar for the next decade to experience its full potential.
Critic Reviews
97 POINTS
Falstaff
Bright, intense ruby red. Fragrant and expressive nose, with notes of ripe blackberries, dried plums, cinnamon stick, oak, milk chocolate, raisins and dried rose petals. On the palate, a wonderful finesse and elegance, a lovely viscous texture, enveloping, tightly woven, with punchy tannins, crescendoing to a savoury finish.Reviewers: Othmar Kiem, Simon Staffler
97 POINTS
Eric Guido - Vinous
The 2016 Amarone della Valpolicella Classico Riserva Fieramonte captivates. It opens with a minty freshness complicated by hints of tangerine and dill, giving way to mentholated black cherries and a dusting of cocoa. This is cool-toned and sleek, with a measured inner sweetness and racy acidity to balance. Polished red and blue fruits sweep across the palate with ease, leaving a bitter tinge of espresso and mocha that resonates toward the close. Tactile mineral tones ground the experience to the earth just as a web of fine-grained tannins settles in, leaving a classically dry tension. The 2016 finishes with tremendous length and potency. Allegrini continues to take the Fieramonte to new heights, and while many producers in Valpolicella prefer their 2015s over their 2016s, I must say, the balance here is otherworldly. This is not to be missed.
96 POINTS
Monica Larner - Robert Parker Wine Advocate
The Allegrini 2016 Amarone della Valpolicella Classico Riserva Fieramonte is skewed tight and buttoned up in terms of its intensity and its consistency. This balance is quite an achievement, and of course, we have the fabulous 2016 vintage to celebrate here. A year with classic weather patterns and no major challenges, the wine offers black cherry, plum, spice, leather and cured tobacco. The results are modern and contemporary with smooth tannins and a generous, full-weight finish. I love the seamless quality of this cellar-worthy wine. The alcohol is high at 16.5%, and only 5,000 bottles were made (hitting the market in fall 2023).
96 POINTS
Jeff Porter - Wine Enthusiast
The 2016 is bold on the opening with concentrated blackberry aromas giving way to macerated Bing cherries all coated in allspice, vanilla and hint of savory spices. As the wine develops, drying violets and dark-earth notes waft up. The palate is full in body with concentrated baked plums with cocoa and chalk finishing with firm tannins and lifted acidity. Drink 2028–2050.
95 POINTS
Ned Goodwin - JamesSuckling.com
A cooler year in a recent context. This cuvee (single vineyard) was made from 1965 to 1985, before the vineyard was infected with esca. The vineyard was then rejuvenated and the Fieramonte was revived from 2011. A rich, avuncular, throaty wine after four-years in 225L barriques. The grapes are dried for 130-140 days which is very long, even in the context of the region. Loads of residual sugar at the initial, spontaneous fermentation, before inoculation drags it to a palate-staining dryness. A big wine loaded with extract, dark fruits, menthol and anise. Very impressive.
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Tasting Notes
The Allegrini Fieramonte Amarone Classico Riserva DOCG 2016 is a stunning representation of the famed Amarone style from Veneto, Italy. Deep ruby in colour with a slight garnet hue, this wine exudes elegance and complexity. On the nose, an intense bouquet of dark cherries, plums, and blackberries intermingles with hints of dried herbs and spice. The palate is equally impressive, with rich, velvety tannins and a full-bodied structure that perfectly balances the wine's luscious fruit flavours. Notes of chocolate, tobacco, and a touch of oak add depth and dimension to the long, lingering finish. This vintage from Allegrini showcases their expertise and dedication to quality, making it a must-try for any lover of fine Italian wines. Enjoy now or cellar for the next decade to experience its full potential.
