Pasqua 2006 Famiglia Pasqua Riserva (Amarone della Valpolicella)

Country: Italy / Famiglia Pasqua Riserva
Variety: Red Blend Veneto
Winery: Pasqua / Amarone della Valpolicella

This 90th anniversary edition boasts enticing aromas of baked plum, crushed violet, new leather, French oak and a whiff of pipe tobacco. The firm concentrated palate presents layers of dried blackberry, black cherry extract, licorice and cake spice framed in assertive fine-grained tannins. Give it a few more years to fully develop. Drink through 2018–2026.