This single vineyard Amarone, grown on limestone high in the hills of Valpolicella, represents the depth and beauty of this place and the production method for making Amarone. The wine is at once intense but also lifted and lithe in some respects. Dense and concentrated aromas of black plum, sweet dates and licorice present themselves immediately, but over time floral and exotic spice notes emerge to give balance. Herbal flavors run alongside the dense core of dark fruits, bittersweet chocolate and roasted coffee beans. Luscious with fine tannins and the acidity needed for a wine of its density, this is a stunner. Drink 2025-2040.

This is the relatively new top-shelf wine from Tommasi that operates as a brand apart. The 2011 Amarone della Valpolicella Classico Riserva De Buris is held back at the winery for long aging and hits the market more than a decade later. Its tertiary aromas are fully developed, but this wine is well endowed with dark fruit intensity that will help it hold for more years to come. Dried blackberry, grilled herb and camphor ash make for a full-force bouquet in old-school Amarone style. The tannins are soft and layered into super thick concentration.

The seamless knit of this rich red lends an overall elegance, with an expressive display of black cherry puree, wild strawberry, dried mint and oregano notes effortlessly integrated with the firm, chalky tannic frame. Reveals a base note of smoke-tinged minerality and juicy orange peel acidity on the creamy finish. Corvina, Corvinone, Oseleta and Rondinella. Drink now through 2031. 700 cases made, 200 cases imported.