The 2013 vintage was balanced overall without the sudden heat waves we saw in the summers of 2011 and 2012

It's attractive

The utterly compelling 2013 Cabernet Sauvignon is 100% Cabernet Sauvignon in this vintage and 1

in close proximity to Lopez de Heredia and Marques de Riscal

Romano Dal Forno, Amarone della Valpolicella other_regions The 2013 vintage was balancedThe 2013 Amarone della Valpolicella Monte Lodoletta is my favorite wine in the retrospective, along with the amazing 2011, 2009 and 1996 vintages. This wine was released at the beginning of this year, and because Dal Forno skipped over the 2014 vintage, this is the only Amarone we will see for a while (until the highly anticipated 2015 is released). The 2013 vintage is characterized by a slightly more streamlined mouthfeel (which isn't saying much