2003
Amarone & Valpolicella wines from 2003
In great contrast to the previous year this was, at the time, the hottest summer ever recorded in the region. This was largely good news for the prize vineyards at the highest altitudes, but further down the valley slopes, where the heat and humidity were more intense, some vines suffered. Overall the wines were rather good, though few will have made it to the present day in peak condition owing to over-ripeness and a relative lack of acidity.
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