1997 Alegrini Amarone

[Botafogo]

It is indeed excellent as a red wine BUT it is not in any way a typical Amarone (through a combination of metodo di Grazia and some even suspect it has some syrah in it) and I wish that Franco would give it some Vino da Tavola name and stop confusing people about what the standards for Amarone are. He coud follow the lead of Gaja who no longer bother to call his wines Barbaresco (because they are not) and just names them after the vineyards.

His sister, Marilisa, has been quoted in Decanter as asking "If our wines are poured next to great Bordeaux like Haut Brion or Mouton and they taste different then how will we look?" !!!!!!!

The end is indeed nigh, Robertinho no Rio