Amarone & Valpolicella wines from 2007

If 2000 proved all our rules wrong, 2007 proves them all right. There were fears that a late season hailstorm, which destroyed up to 90% of some producers’ crops (including Romano dal Forno, who ended up not releasing an Amarone this year), would ruin the year; however, the truly excellent summer weather, which had persisted from a warm spring that had induced an early budbreak, had allowed most producers to harvest exceptionally early, thus avoiding the devastating storm. The winter that followed allowed for a good appassimento, completing the passage of this vintage from a good-but-salvaged one to a real standout, with the wines that made it ageing extremely well to this day.