Tenuta Santa Maria di Gaetano Bertani Amarone della Valpolicella Riserva 2016 conegliano valdobbiadene and blackberry

and blackberry

The aroma of this wine is passion fruit caught as it falls ripe from the tree

or a salty lentil soup

The Domaine is a small estate with family roots dating to the nineteenth century

These wines are often maligned

Tenuta Santa Maria di Gaetano Bertani Amarone della Valpolicella Riserva 2016 conegliano valdobbiadene and blackberryTenuta Santa Maria di Gaetano Bertani is a very long name, but the key word is Bertani. In one of those classic tales of siblings disagreeing over how to run the family business, this is the half of the Bertani family that ended up with the vineyards. Their Amarone comes from some of the best sites in Valpolicella. Unusually for Amarone, this is spicy and elegant for Amarone.