European Wine Reference (Wine Folly)
Valpolicella
The wine region around Verona — cherries, chocolate and herbal notes, most famous for Amarone but full of value in its other classifications.
Around the city of Verona is the region of Valpolicella, most famous for a wine called Amarone. While Amarone "costs a pretty penny these days," you can get into the other classifications of Valpo — which use the same grapes — to understand the potential of a wine that exudes cherries, chocolate and herbal notes (source: European Wine Exploration Map _ Wine Folly.pdf).
Its Veneto neighbor in the sparkling aisle is Prosecco; Italy's other classic reds in the map include Chianti, Nebbiolo & Barbera (Piedmont) and Montepulciano d'Abruzzo.
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