ONE TIME OFFER $147 (120 bottles remaining!): There are wines that fill a glass. And then there are wines that fill a room. This is the latter. It begins not with a whisper, but with a pause — the kind before someone says something worth remembering. A new idea. Or an old truth dressed differently. The kind of wine that doesn’t speak over you, but invites you in. And before you know it, you're in a conversation that moves — somewhere between laughter, goosebumps, and the quiet realization that you’ve just learned something… not just about wine, but about yourself. This is Ugolini’s Valle Alta Amarone. A single-vineyard cru from a place aptly named “High Valley,” where ancient Roman roads once passed and the sun still rises with a purpose. At 839 feet above sea level, elevation becomes an ingredient, not a statistic. Grapes here are sun-kissed by day, chilled by night, and sculpted by the wind — the way nature used to do things before we got involved. Only the best of the hand-harvested bunches are chosen, and those are gently air-dried for five long months. Not in a factory. In wooden crates. In open air. The way Romans did when Emperors drank from goblets and believed flavor could only come from patience. In March, the final selection happens — each raisined cluster chosen by hand, again. Macerated for two months. A quiet alchemy. Then, into French oak barrels, where the story slows… and deepens. Years pass. The wine doesn’t mind. When it finally arrives in your glass, this Amarone speaks with warmth and elegance. Of dried cherry and cocoa. Tobacco and ash. Leather-bound books and forgotten poems. It is a wine best served with a decanter, a large balloon glass, and at least one person who enjoys a good story. 2011 was a five-star vintage — a climate so perfect, nature barely had to lift a finger. That year’s Valle Alta Amarone earned international acclaim and holds one of the longest aging potentials of the past two decades. 2015, already in your wine pack, is no less noble — different in character, but equally profound. Comparing the two is like listening to the same composer play in summer and then in winter: different tempos, same genius. A conversation worth having. Age-worthy for 30 years. Conversation-worthy tonight. Gold Medal - Concours Mondial de Bruxelles / Gold Medal - Mundus Vini / Top 100 Wines Of Italy 2020 - Gold Medal - Merano Wine Hunter Competition