Cavalchina 2008 Torre d’Orti Pastoria (Amarone della Valpolicella)

Country: Italy / Torre d’Orti Pastoria
Variety: Corvina, Rondinella, Molinara Veneto
Winery: Cavalchina / Amarone della Valpolicella

Beautifully packaged, with a 1920s-style label, this opens with whopping heat and huge chocolate-fudge and cherry syrup flavors. It would be impossible to exaggerate how big and bold this is.