Dal Forno Amarone with Patricia, in Verona ...

Arrived from Venice and spent the afternoon sipping Campari with girlfriends in Piazza Bra and then dear friend  Patricia Guy’s lure me to her house for a sublime surprise ... (www.patriciaguy.com)

1996 Amarone Dal Forno Romano

One of the great’s. Alcohol quite evident on the initial nose, but quickly followed by black ink, lead and mineral tones…tastes like a thick, heavy purple velvet throw on a golden bed made high with downy feather mattresses…sinking into ripe huge fat scented plums …wrapping me in black silk sheets…its corpulent, fleshy palate was still fresh and led to a long, clean finish. I nearly had to light up a cigarette…