Amarone della Valpolicella Classico 2012

TOMMASO BUSSOLA

Amarone della Valpolicella Classico
2012

$82.25

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Product code
13713894
Format
6 x 750ml
Listing type
SAQ Specialty by lot
Status
Unavailable
Type of product
Still wine
Licensee price
$71.56
Country
Italy
Regulated designation
Denominazione di origine controllata e garantita (DOCG)
Region
Veneto
Appellation
Amarone della Valpolicella
Classification
Classico
Varietal(s)
Corvina 35 %
Croatina 10 %
Corvinone 25 %
Rondinella 30 %
Alcohol percentage
17.5%
Colour
Red
Closure type
Cork
Producer's website

About this winery

For Tommaso Bussola, it all started in 1977, the year he began working in the small wine estate of his uncle Giuseppe in the Valpolicella region. In the first years of his activity, Tommaso faithfully followed the footsteps of the traditionalists, respecting the time-honoured practices of barrel aging – barrels which, in those times, were used and re-used many times over the years. The wines of this style of production carry the logo "bg", the initials of his uncle, Bussola Giuseppe. But in...

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Press reviews

James Suckling

- 94 points -

(Vintage 2015)

 For a decadent but sleek wine, the ripeness level is spot-on here. It opens with glazed cherries, dried berries, vanilla, eucalyptus, caramel and wet earth, before following through to a dusty palate with tons of dried fruit, supported by fine acidity and a sweet-and-sour character. Drink from 2023.

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Vinous

- 91 points -

Eric Guido, (Vintage 2015)

The 2015 Amarone della Valpolicella Classico holds nothing back, with a sweetly spiced and confectionary expression showing cherry cordials, cinnamon sugar and plum sauce. The textures are velvety, flooding the palate with ultra-ripe red fruits; yet for all of its decadence, balance is maintained through juicy acids. A bit of heat pokes through in the finale, as this tapers off with notes of chocolate under an air of lavender and violets.

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