Cantine do Ora Amicone 2014 (IGT) comes from the Veneto region of Italy and is made with the Corvina grape, just like Amarone. The difference is that he grapes are dried on the vine and not picked and dried in sheds (according to the label).

There’s lots going on here, red and black fruit aromas with spice and medium tannins. This is not as well refined as an Amarone, after 5 years I had hoped it would be smoother.  It got a commended in the 2017 Decanter awards but a Silver in the International Wine Challenge, personally a solid bronze medallist in my opinion. It went very well with BBQ meat but I would struggle drinking it on its own and at £13 a bottle I think I would rather stretch to an Amarone for that smoothness.