2011 Brigaldara Amarone Della Valpolicella Case Vecie

This is the single vineyard wine, only 13,000 bottles they started producing in 2000 and they make this wine every year, the vineyard is at 450 meters,  they were the first to go over 300 meters now someone at 650.  They also have different soils, different temperature and maybe just a bit more Corvina in the blend in the Case Vecie.  This wine spends 2 years in barrique and two years in large oak.  Wonderful intensity here on the nose with red cherry liqueur like fruit complimented by a host of dried flowers, exotic spices and a distinct playdough/clay like minerality, a slight meaty nuance coming out the second day.   A very big and chewy wine on the tongue with lots of ripe juicy red berry fruit, smooth velvety tannins and a long finish, very well built, this wine show many layers, that floral nuance, dark coco spice notes coming out at the end, this  wine should last for a few decades in the cellar.  Finish 50+    Most Excellent