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A big, soft red from the Valpolicella Classica hills. The grapes dry in lofts until January, which is what makes an Amarone. Expect dark cherry, prune and cocoa, gentle tannin and 15.5% alcohol.
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The grapes dry in Negrar's lofts for about 120 days before they are pressed. That is where the dried plum and raisin behind the cherry come from. Domìni Veneti's own note calls the wine structured and velvety. On Vivino, chocolate, oak and tobacco are the notes drinkers mention most often.
Dark cherry and cherry steeped in spirit come first, then dried plum and raisin from the four months in the drying loft. Cocoa and sweet tobacco sit behind them. On Vivino chocolate, oak and tobacco draw more mentions than any fruit note, which is unusual for an Amarone. The co-op's own tasting sheet also picks out dried flowers.
Cherry
Plum
Prune
Raisin
Tobacco
Oak
Liquorice
CocoaDense and warm at 15.5%, with the softness that drying the grapes gives. The tannin is there but polished, and Vivino drinkers place this wine firmly on the smooth side rather than the tannic one. Two years in large Slavonian oak casks round it further, and that is where the chocolate and oak note comes from.
Long and warm, on cocoa and dried fruit. The panel that gave the 2020 a silver medal at the 2024 Sommeliers Choice Awards called the finish warm and rustic, which is fair.
This is the everyday face of a famous wine: 15,930 Vivino ratings average 4.2, and the 2015 sits at 4.3 from more than 3,200 of them. Buy it for a braise or a cheese board rather than a Tuesday. Domìni Veneti keeps its single-vineyard Jago and its Mater Riserva well above this bottle in price.
Most in-stock Amarone on this site sits near £59 a bottle. This one has been trading in the mid-thirties, which is why vino.com tags it a Best Buy. The 2022 listing is the certified organic bottling and costs more.
This bottle scores highest on value. The typical in-stock Amarone here costs about £59, and this one has been near £35. It scores lowest for everyday drinking, for the same reasons it scores high for an occasion: 15.5% alcohol and a £35 price.
Amarone is one of Italy's best-known big reds, and this is a DOCG bottling at a price that still reads as generous on the table.
The cheapest in-stock listing has been near £35. The typical in-stock Amarone on this site runs about £59, so this buys a lot of wine for the money.
A DOCG that demands two years of ageing, given 18 to 24 months in large oak here, from a five-star 2021 that should run into the 2030s.
The flavours are easy to like: soft, sweet-fruited, with polished tannin. But the price and the 15.5% alcohol make it a step up rather than a first bottle.
Powerful with braises, game and aged cheese, but 15.5% alcohol rules out lighter plates, so it is a specialist rather than an all-rounder.
At 15.5% alcohol and around £35 a bottle this is a wine for a set-piece meal, not a weeknight.
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.
Amarone 2021 is a five-star year. A cold, snowy winter left water in the ground and the summer stayed warm and steady. 2022 scores four stars. It was hot and dry until August rain rescued the crop, and the fruit still came in healthy.
A hot, dry year rated four stars. August rain came in time and the fruit was healthy and ripe at picking. This bottling is certified organic and gets 24 months in Slavonian oak, so give it air or another year or two.
A five-star Amarone year. A cold, snowy winter left water in the ground and the summer stayed warm and steady, so picking ran into early October in dry weather. The wines are full but balanced, and this one should hold well into the 2030s.
A hot, dry year rated four stars. August rain came in time and the fruit was healthy and ripe at picking. This bottling is certified organic and gets 24 months in Slavonian oak, so give it air or another year or two.
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.
The Amarone della Valpolicella DOCG rules hold growers to 12 tonnes of grapes a hectare and ask for two years of ageing. Every batch also goes to a tasting panel before it can be sold. Domìni Veneti goes past that: 18 to 24 months in large oak casks, then six to eight months in bottle.
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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Negrar di Valpolicella
Made at Cantina Valpolicella Negrar, Negrar di Valpolicella. Directions
Wine routes in the zone: Valpolicella Classico Loop, Strada del Vino Soave.
Domìni Veneti rests its Corvina, Corvinone and Rondinella in drying lofts until January, about 120 days. The co-op puts 3,000 tonnes of grapes through that every year. Shrunken berries give far less juice, so a bottle needs much more fruit than a normal Valpolicella.
The 2022 spends 24 months in big Slavonian oak casks and at least six more in bottle. That is three years of cellar space and stock carried before the bottle earns anything back.
Amarone della Valpolicella DOCG holds growers to 12 tonnes of grapes a hectare and sends every batch to a tasting panel before it can be sold. Both trim how much a producer has to sell.
Cantina Valpolicella Negrar is a co-op of 240 grower members farming 700 hectares. Buying fruit and cellar time at that scale is why this Amarone sits near £35 when most Amarone on this site runs closer to £59.
The fruit is hand-picked in the middle of September so only whole, sound bunches reach the drying loft. A machine would be cheaper, but damaged berries would not survive four months in the loft.
UK excise duty runs at £30.62 per litre of pure alcohol from February 2026. A 75cl bottle at 15.5% therefore carries £3.56 of duty, against £2.87 on a 12.5% red, before VAT.
Dishes that go with this wine
Domìni Veneti sends this wine to game, braised meat and aged cheese. Vivino drinkers pick beef, lamb, game and blue cheese. The reason is the same each time: a dense, soft wine at 15.5% wants food with weight and fat behind it.
A wine this dense needs a dish that can stand up to it. Long braising breaks meat down into soft, savoury strands, and the wine's own softness meets it there. Domìni Veneti names braised meat first in its own pairing note.
Try with: Brasato al Barolo · Ossobuco alla Milanese · Agnello Ragu Lucano · Polenta alla Valdostana · More pairings →
Fat and char in grilled beef take the edge off tannin, so the wine reads rounder and the meat reads juicier. The tannin here is already polished by two years in big oak casks, which is why a plain steak works better than a sauced one.
Try with: Fiorentina steak · Ribeye steak · Sirloin steak · Fillet steak · More pairings →
Game is lean but strongly flavoured, and it needs a wine with sweetness of fruit rather than sharp acidity. The dried-fruit richness that appassimento builds does that job. Game is the pairing Vivino drinkers name second most often.
Try with: Venison Stew · Roast Pheasant · Roast Duck · Duck breast · More pairings →
Salt in an aged cheese makes a big red taste softer and sweeter, and the cheese loses its bite in return. Blue cheese is one of the four foods Vivino drinkers pick for this wine, and aged cheese is one of the three the producer names.
Try with: Blue cheese · Cheese board · Strong cheddar cheese · More pairings →
The cocoa and dried-flower notes in this wine share ground with earthy autumn food, so the two amplify each other instead of competing. Radicchio adds a bitter edge that answers the wine's own bittersweet finish.
Try with: Porcini mushroom risotto · Truffle risotto · Radicchio risotto · Polenta alla Valdostana · More pairings →
Alcohol makes chilli burn harder, and at 15.5% this wine burns hard. Sweet-and-sour sauces fight the wine's own sweet dried fruit, and its weight simply buries delicate raw fish. None of these are close calls.
Skip with: Lamb bhuna · Szechuan beef · Sweet and sour pork · Nigiri Sushi · Ceviche · Pairing guide →
Amarone at this level drinks well for ten to fifteen years. The 2021 was a five-star year with long ageing behind it. Older bottles bear that out: Vivino drinkers still rate the 1997 and the 2003 at 4.4.
Peak around 2029. Best in the years above; holds without falling over either side.
A short splash decant softens the first-pour edge and opens the aromatics.
A DOCG that demands two years of ageing, given 18 to 24 months in large oak here, from a five-star 2021 that should run into the 2030s.
£31.00 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 · MediumDark cherry, dried plum and cocoa, with sweet tobacco behind. The producer's own note calls it structured and velvety. On Vivino, chocolate, oak and tobacco draw more mentions than any fruit note. The wine is dry, but the drying gives it a rich, almost sweet edge.
Slow-cooked meat and hard cheese. Domìni Veneti points to game, braised meat and aged cheese. At 15.5% it flattens anything delicate, so save it for a brasato, a venison stew or a wedge of Gorgonzola.
It is 15.5% alcohol, which is high even for a red. Serve it at 16 to 18°C, a little cooler than a warm room. Open it an hour ahead, because the young 2022 needs air.
The 2021 is the better year. Vintage charts rate Amarone 2021 five stars, against four for 2022. A cold winter left water in the ground and the summer stayed warm and steady. The 2022 was hot and dry, saved by August rain, and this bottling is certified organic.
Ten to fifteen years from the harvest, kept cool and lying down. The 2021 should hold to about 2036. Older bottles back that up: Vivino drinkers still rate the 1997 at 4.4.
Cantina Valpolicella Negrar, a co-op started in Negrar in 1933 by seven men from Verona. Its 240 grower members farm 700 hectares, 130 of them organic. Domìni Veneti is the label it launched in 1989 for its best sites.
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