Amarone v Vin Jaune

[gfron1]

I fell in love with Vin Jaune a long time ago and just the other day I sampled a young amarone.  So I splurged and bought a good bottle of amarone and a decent vin jaune.  The reason I wanted both is the both reminded me of brandy. 

 

I want to get the most out of this so I'm appealing here for knowledge beyond wiki.  Anything that I should know?  And one specific thing is that I remember that I can cork vin jaune, but what about amarone?

[patrickamory]

I don't know. To me these wines are the complete opposite of one another!

[KD1191]

I'm also having a hard time imagining linkages between these two. If I was drawing connections between Amarone and the Jura, I'd look to Vin de Paille, which has similar raisination and none of the oxidated nature of Vin Jaune.

[gfron1]

Huh.  My memory of vin jaune is about 6-7 years old but I remember it having a brandyish quality to it.  When I sampled the amarone just last week it reminded me of the same thing.   Maybe I'm way off base.  I guess I'll find out when I open them probably next weekend.

[patrickamory]

I find vin jaune closer to dry sherries, while amarone has a sweeter quality - let us know how it goes next weekend!

[Vuko Laosic]

I find vin jaune closer to dry sherries, while amarone has a sweeter quality - let us know how it goes next weekend!

I agree with you.

Amarone di Valpolicella is one of most complex wine i ever had. i love it 

[kiruzsal]

Amarone