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Tommaso Bussola 2006 Amarone Classico TB (black label)
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Item Number: 4900

UPC: None

Country: Italy
Region: Veneto
Appellation/AVA: Amarone della Valpolicella DOC
Vintage: 2006
Grape(s): 75% Corvina and Corvinone / 20% Rondinella / 5% Other
Type: Wine - Red
Bottle Size: 750ml Pack: 12
Closure: Cork
Viticulture: Organic
Soil Type: Basalt and chalky gravel



History: The self-taught Bussola took over his uncle’s domaine in 1985. He aims to make the best normale wines possible in each vintage. In many years, he is also able to make limited quantities of his elite TB line, selected from the best grapes at harvest. Bussola uses different barrel sizes, woods (oak, cherry, chestnut, acacia) and aging for each wine, and is always experimenting. Because of Bussola’s demanding standards, production of each cuvée varies dramatically from vintage to vintage.

Vintage Notes: 2006 – Early indications are for a strong, classic, structured vintage.

Reviews
Tommaso Bussola 2006 Amarone Classico TB (black label)
Rating: 93

Ripe and velvety, with a rich undercurrent of creamy chocolate, joined by flavors of fresh and dried black cherry, date, fig paste, coffee liqueur, sweet smoke and ground spices. Round and harmonious, this shows fine integration to the panoply of flavors, supple tannins and juicy acidity. Drink now through 2022.

- The Wine Spectator (8/31/2012)

Tommaso Bussola 2006 Amarone Classico TB (black label)
Rating: 96

Inky-ruby. Very pure, captivating aromas of red cherry, raspberry jam, spicecake and cocoa. Suave, dense and extremely long, this utterly compelling wine displays concentrated yet lively flavors of red fruits and spices and a seamless quality. It's amazing just how concentrated this is, but it tastes neither heavy nor too sweet. Get a load of these numbers: 45.2 g/l dry extract, 9.5 g/l residual sugar and 6.3 g/l total acidity. One of the best young Amarones I have tasted in quite some time.

- International Wine Cellar (4/1/2012)