Oh MAN! What??!! The noble Amarone??!! It is WAY WAY overdue to get a couple of glasses of this great, fleshy, rich Italian classic down our gullets - we NEVER see Amarone frequently enough and scoring DEGANI from the great ‘16 vintage priced like this??! We were all in, we pushed all our chips to the center of the table (although we WILL sell out) -- this wine is ROCKING good and wildly well-priced. Those of you who know from a year or so back, you KNOW!! DO NOT miss this one!! $45 OFF RETAIL!

Got some? NICE. You are a happy camper, oh yes.

So - to the loveliness, the sheer bubbling ebullience, the serious extraction and deep, deep flavors here...goodness, where to start? As you may know, Amarone has a rich, long history being made in a unique fashion- the best bunches are hand-picked and then laid flat in special wooden boxes for a 4-month drying process. Thanks to this method, the grapes increase their sugar concentration by 25-30%. The resulting wine is dry, yet hyper-intensely flavored - mouthcoating texture at a level that shakes your brain into ecstasy. Not for the shy. Black plums, fig jam, raisin, exotically spiced aromatics (think star anise, nutmeg), walnuts, black currant and dark cocoa...this thing is LIT!! Wow - plush and succulent, yet fresh and bright, with a good sense of balance...it’s EVERYTHING we love about Amarone! AND THE PRICE!! Well, what else to say - hurry! Oh, and make some wicked osso bucco or something for this!