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noun
An Italian full-bodied ruby to garnet red wine, characterized by a pungent, almost bitter taste. It is made in the Valpolicella region from dried-after-picking grapes of the Corvina, Rondinella and Molinara varieties.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Alternative letter-case form of Amarone.
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Usage: alt-of, countable, uncountable
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History
First attested in the 1950s–60s; from Italian amarone, augmentative form of amaro (“bitter”), a likely calque of Venetan amaron.
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