Amarone della Valpolicella Classico Lena di Mezzo

Aromas of chocolate, lifted dried berries, cherries, citrus and baking spices. Medium-bodied on the palate, with some chewy tannins and a solid, flavorful finish. Pretty long. A good Amarone delivering early appeal. Drinkable now, but it should hold well for the next few years.

This supple red shows restraint up front but gains momentum on the palate, offering a skein of milled pepper and paprika that winds through flavors of baked cherry and wild strawberry, singed orange peel and dried sage. Fine-grained tannins firm the finish. Corvina, Corvinone and Rondinella. Drink now through 2030. 7,000 cases made, 2,000 cases imported.

A well-balanced red, creamy and medium-bodied, with flavors of dried cherry and roasted plum layered with overtones of cured tobacco and smoke. Lightly chewy finish. Corvina, Corvinone and Rondinella. Drink now through 2030. 7,000 cases made, 2,000 cases imported.