'Punta 470' Amarone della Valpolicella, Ca'Rugate, Veneto, Italy

Duncan Says: A gorgeous example of one of Italy's most iconic wines.

Tasting Notes: Intense but elegant, with concentrated ripe blueberry, blackberry and cherry enhanced by spicy oak. Rich, complex and balanced.

Grape: Corvina, Corvinone, Rondinella

Best Enjoyed: This wine needs intensely flavoured food, such as aged cheese or game. 

Good to Know: The family business has been handed down through the generations of the Tessari family since the early 1900s. The estate was renamed Ca'Rugate in 1986, taking its name from the volcanic hills where the vineyards are located. Punta 470 takes its name from the altitude of Ca'Rugate's six hectare estate vineyard in the hills around Montecchia di Crosara, where the grapes are grown at 470 metres above sea-level.