Villabella, Fracastoro Riserva, Amarone Della Valpolicella, Italy

I’m sure you can get bad Amarone but this one from Villabella is not one of them, quite the opposite. Decanter wine magazine save this 90 points and I can see why.

It’s a bold wine but pretty smooth and also not necessarily particularly dry, there’s softness and sweetness in this bottle too. You get flavours and aromas of plum and blackberry, blackcurrant, chocolate and tobacco. Theres oak and a smokiness in there.

Drink with food, BBQ in the garden is a good starting point. At £20 a bottle it’s reasonable value for what you are getting.