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Brunelli's Amarone Classico comes from the family's own hillsides at San Pietro in Cariano, in Valpolicella Classica. Dried Corvina, Rondinella and Corvinone, two years in oak, 15.5%: redcurrant, cherry, vanilla and cocoa. £23 at 8wines, before VAT.
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Brunelli describes sweet fruit, redcurrants, blueberries and cherries, a hint of vanilla and a warm palate held in balance by good acidity. The notes below add what 961 Vivino reviewers found in the glass.
Brunelli's own note starts with sweet fruit: redcurrants, blueberries and cherries, plus a hint of vanilla from the oak. Vivino's 961 written reviews of this Amarone put oak, vanilla and chocolate first, with 313 mentions. Cherry and red fruit come next, then plum and blackberry. Raisin and dried fruit, from the months the bunches spend drying, get 86 mentions.
Blueberry
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Raisin
Leather
Cinnamon
Liquorice
Vanilla
ChocolateFull and warm at 15.5%, but Brunelli aims for balance. The family describes soft, warming sensations countered by good acidity and soft tannins. The grapes come from the family's plots at San Pietro in Cariano, San Floriano and Pedemonte, on limestone soils full of stones. Two years in oak casks add the cocoa and vanilla that drinkers notice.
Long and dry, on cocoa, sweet spice and a savoury leather-and-smoke edge that 84 Vivino reviewers mention. Brunelli calls it a gastronomic Amarone with surprising drinkability, and the 2022's fresh acidity backs that up.
A classic, family-made Amarone from a name tied to San Pietro in Cariano since the 18th century, rated 4.2 across 6,334 Vivino ratings. The 2022 scores 4.4 from 68 ratings, level with the 2017 and 2018. 8wines lists it at £23 before VAT, and only one Amarone Classico we track shows a lower price. At 15.5% it wants grilled meat, game or a cheese board, not an aperitif.
One shop we track lists it: 8wines at £23 for the 2022, a price before VAT, which UK orders pay at checkout. It ships from the Czech Republic, with UK delivery of about €12 for two bottles or €14 for twelve. Even with VAT added it sits among the three cheapest of the 28 Amarone Classicos we track. The Real Wine Co sells the 2023 at £38.
Four scores out of ten. Brunelli's Amarone rates highest for food and value, then for occasion and cellar: a serious Amarone at £23 that still wants a proper dinner.
A full, dried-grape red that Brunelli builds for the table, with acidity to match. Grilled meat, game, lamb and cheese all work; fish, salads and spicy food do not.
£23 before VAT at 8wines for a family-made Amarone Classico with two years in oak and a 4.2 Vivino rating from over 6,300 drinkers. Of the 28 Amarone Classicos we track, only one lists a lower price, and the mid-point is about £38.
Italy's top DOCG tier and a family name in Valpolicella since the 18th century. Brunelli lists a run of gold medals on its own page. A safe dinner-party or gift Amarone at a modest price.
Amarone rules require two years of ageing before release, and 8wines rates this 2022 for up to 14 years. A hot vintage with high alcohol, so drink over the next decade rather than beyond.
Soft tannin and sweet cherry fruit make it an approachable Amarone, and the price removes the fear factor. But 15.5% alcohol and the dried-fruit intensity are still a step up from an everyday red.
At £23 it is affordable for an Amarone. But 15.5% alcohol and a two-hour decant make it a dinner wine, not a Tuesday bottle.
Scoring is rule-based and deterministic. The model and weightings are documented in our Wine Fit Score methodology.
A compact view of what the Amarone della Valpolicella denomination actually requires, and how this bottle sits inside it. Pulled from the official Italian disciplinare.
2022 was defined by heat and drought until late-August rain saved the crop, and the harvest began in mid-September with very healthy grapes. The vintage chart expects rich, bold, high-alcohol Amarones; 8wines lists a 94-point James Suckling score for Brunelli's.
2022 in Valpolicella was hot and dry until late-August rain rescued the crop. Harvest began in mid-September with very healthy, ripe grapes. The vintage chart expects rich, ripe, bold Amarones with high alcohol and plenty of tannin. 8wines lists a 94-point James Suckling score for this 2022 and says it can cellar for up to 14 years.
2022 in Valpolicella was hot and dry until late-August rain rescued the crop. Harvest began in mid-September with very healthy, ripe grapes. The vintage chart expects rich, ripe, bold Amarones with high alcohol and plenty of tannin. 8wines lists a 94-point James Suckling score for this 2022 and says it can cellar for up to 14 years.
Drink-now / hold guidance reflects general style cues for this wine, not a forecast for a specific bottle. Where vintage-level editorial notes exist, they appear above.
Amarone della Valpolicella is a DOCG, Italy's top tier, and the Classico zone is the original hill villages west of Verona. Brunelli's grapes come from three of them, San Pietro in Cariano, San Floriano and Pedemonte. The wine spends two years in oak, where the rules ask for two years of ageing in any vessel.
Italian wine law sorts bottles into a pyramid. DOCG sits at the top: tightly drawn boundaries, prescribed grapes, mandatory ageing, government tasting before release. DOC is the same idea with looser thresholds. IGT (Indicazione Geografica Tipica) is broader still, requiring only that 85% of the grapes come from the named territory.
Amarone della Valpolicella is in the DOCG tier. That is not a quality verdict, it is a description of how much freedom the producer has at vinification and ageing.
Amarone della Valpolicella falls within Veneto, covering Verona. The denomination is further divided into 2 sub-zones.
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Made at Azienda Agricola Brunelli Luigi, S. Pietro in Cariano. Directions
Wine routes in the zone: Valpolicella Classico Loop, Strada del Vino Soave.
Brunelli picks the ripest grapes by hand and leaves them to dry over the winter, the method every Amarone must follow. Drying sheds water, so a bottle of Amarone needs far more fruit than a bottle of Valpolicella from the same hills.
8wines gives 24 months in oak for this wine, and the Amarone rules demand at least two years of ageing before release. That is two years of cellar space and money tied up before a bottle sells.
The grapes come from Brunelli's plots at San Pietro in Cariano, San Floriano and Pedemonte, in the original Classico zone. 8wines says the family harvests all of its grapes by hand.
At 15.5% alcohol UK duty is £3.56 a bottle at the February 2026 rate of £30.62 per litre of pure alcohol. 8wines' £23.37 is its price before VAT; UK orders have VAT added at checkout, about £4.70 on that figure.
8wines lists the 2022 at £23 before VAT, shipped from the Czech Republic: UK delivery costs about €12 for two bottles, €14 for twelve, and is free above €450. The UK's Real Wine Co asks £38 for the 2023, plus delivery.
Dishes that go with this wine
A full, warm 15.5% red from dried grapes, with the acidity Brunelli keeps in it. The family suggests grilled red meats, goulash, game and mature cheeses; Vivino's experts add beef, lamb, venison and blue cheese.
Char and beef fat soften the tannin of a dried-grape red, and the wine's cherry and cocoa notes pick up the caramelised edges of a steak. Grilled red meats are the first match on Brunelli's own list; Vivino's experts lead with beef.
Try with: Fiorentina steak · Ribeye steak · Sunday Roast Beef · Beef wellington
Dense, slightly sweet game meat and a paprika-rich goulash match the weight of a 15.5% Amarone, and the dried-fruit richness sits alongside their gravies without either flavour losing. Brunelli names goulash and game outright.
Try with: Venison Stew · Roast Pheasant · Beef stew · Roast Duck · More pairings →
Salt in an aged or blue cheese makes the raisin and cherry fruit of a dried-grape wine taste sweeter and softer. Mature cheeses are on Brunelli's list and blue cheese on Vivino's; this is the after-dinner pairing the family has in mind.
Try with: Stilton · Blue cheese · Cheese board · Strong cheddar cheese
The acidity Brunelli keeps in this wine cuts through lamb fat, while the ripe fruit handles rosemary and garlic. Vivino's experts list lamb among its matches.
Try with: Lamb shank · Leg of lamb · Rack of lamb · Roast Lamb with Mint Sauce · More pairings →
Porcini and slow-braised veal share the earthy, roasted side of this wine, the leather, smoke and cocoa that Vivino drinkers report. These are the dishes a Verona kitchen would serve next to an Amarone.
Try with: Ossobuco alla Milanese · Porcini mushroom risotto · Truffle risotto · Polenta alla Valdostana · More pairings →
At 15.5% the wine makes chilli burn hotter, and its tannin turns raw or delicate fish metallic. Sweet-and-sour sauces fight the dried-fruit sweetness rather than balancing it. Keep it for the meat course.
Skip with: Oysters · Nigiri Sushi · Sweet and sour pork · Green curry · Ceviche · Pairing guide →
8wines rates the 2022 for up to 14 years and on Vivino the 2017 and 2018 still score 4.4, as high as the 2022. Brunelli says to open the bottle two hours before serving at 18°C.
Best in the years above; holds without falling over either side.
A short splash decant softens the first-pour edge and opens the aromatics.
Amarone rules require two years of ageing before release, and 8wines rates this 2022 for up to 14 years. A hot vintage with high alcohol, so drink over the next decade rather than beyond.
£28.04 is the lowest tracked offer for the current vintage and we have no signal of further discounting.
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Confidence · HighDrawn from what drinkers consistently report on Vivino and Wine-Searcher, summarised in our own words. A crowd read across many tasters, not a single critic.
Confidence · MediumFrom the official Italian disciplinare for this denomination, cross-checked against the Ministry of Agriculture register.
Confidence · HighOur reading of the price, drawn from the disciplinare, public UK duty rates, and typical landed-cost benchmarks. Not a quote from the producer or a retailer.
Confidence · MediumStyle guidance for this kind of wine at this price point. Treat it as advice, not a forecast for the bottle in your hand.
Confidence · MediumThe Brunelli family of San Pietro in Cariano, the main village of Valpolicella Classica: Luigi and Luciana Brunelli with their son Alberto. The family name has been tied to the village since the 18th century, they pick every grape by hand, and the Amarone is their flagship wine.
Corvina Veronese, Rondinella and Corvinone, hand-selected from the family's plots at San Pietro in Cariano, San Floriano and Pedemonte. 8wines gives the blend as 60% Corvina, 30% Rondinella and 10% Corvinone. The bunches are dried over the winter before a slow, cool fermentation and two years in oak.
Sweet red fruit first, redcurrant, blueberry and cherry, with vanilla and cocoa from the oak, then a warm, full palate kept in balance by good acidity and soft tannin. Vivino drinkers mention oak, vanilla and chocolate most, then cherry and red fruit, then raisin and dried fruit.
Drink from 2026 to about 2036. 8wines says it can cellar for up to 14 years, and 2022 was a hot, ripe year that made bold, high-alcohol Amarones for drinking over a decade rather than a generation. Brunelli suggests opening the bottle two hours before serving at 18°C.
£23 a bottle for the 2022 at 8wines, the only shop we track, and that is the price before VAT. UK orders have VAT added at checkout, about £4.70 on that figure. 8wines ships from the Czech Republic and charges UK delivery of about €12 for two bottles or €14 for twelve, free above €450. The Real Wine Co in the UK lists the 2023 at £38, which we do not yet track.
Grilled red meat, goulash, game and mature cheeses, which is Brunelli's own list; Vivino's experts add beef, lamb, venison and blue cheese. Avoid delicate fish, sweet-and-sour sauces and chilli, which the 15.5% alcohol makes fiercer.
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