The new releases of Amarone della Valpolicella from the 2017 vintage are now becoming available in the marketplace, and having tasted through a few dozen of these wines, it’s been interesting to see how local producers were able to cope with seriously warm temperatures and far too little rain. Temperatures were warmer than normal in June, July and August, but were cooler than normal in September and October; these figures based on a 30-year average. Fortunately these milder conditions in September and October greatly helped producers craft well-balanced wines in the final analysis.
Overall, 2017 is a vintage with fruit-forward wines that are impressive now, and
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