Amarone della Valpolicella and Taurasi: two powerful Italian red wines shaped by different traditions. Amarone della Valpolicella and Taurasi are two of Italy’s most authoritative red wines, yet they achieve power through radically different paths. Amarone comes from Veneto and is defined by appassimento, the controlled drying of harvested grapes before fermentation. Taurasi comes from Campania and is built primarily from Aglianico, a naturally tannic, high-acid, late-ripenin