2002 De Feudis Amarone della Valpolicella Classico

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She sent the afternoon working on a killer pasta sauce for our small group meeting (from church) here tomorrow night, with lean ground beef & Italian sausage in the mix; then decided to wimp out on supper with a simple frozen pizza, but topped that sucker with the sauce. Zowie, what a sauce! Needed more than the usual suspect for pairing, which would be a Chianti Classico. Had picked this up at Costco a couple of weeks ago and saw the opportunity to give it a try. Boyoboy, what a nice wine! Very dark in the glass, wonderful nose of bruised red fruit; spicey red & black fruit on the palate, a bit tart but lingering nicely, lip-smacking finish. Will definitely buy more. And she loved it too. 14.5% alc/vol, $18 and change.