Interest piqued by the recent discussion of Amarone, I picked up a
lower priced bottle at the store Friday and pulled the cork last night
with a dinner of spaghetti marinara with sausage. Probably a poor
matchup, since the wine suffered slightly against the hot Italian
sausage. Would show much better against a Steak (venison) Diane or
Bifsteak Fiorantine.

Giuseppe Campagnolo Amarone della Valpolicella '97:
Dark claret color, almost viscous. Big nose of dark cherry, raisin and
smoke. Good forward fruit on the tongue, then goes a but musty with
leather, tar and smoke on the finish. Better after about an hour.

Clearly a wine with a lot of power and one that will last for several
years. A good QPR at $26.49 US. Will buy more.




Ed Rasimus
Fighter Pilot (USAF-Ret)
"When Thunder Rolled"
Smithsonian Institution Press
ISBN #1-58834-103-8