The score for 2004 Dal Forno Romano Vigneto Monte Lodoletta Amarone della Valpolicella is 96 points from Robert Parker and the tasting note - This is my favorite of the five vintages (2019, 2018, 2016, 2004 and 2002) of Dal Forno's Amarone tasted at the winery in 2024. The Dal Forno Romano 2004 Amarone della Valpolicella Monte Lodoletta has benefitted from two decades of cellar and bottle age to show softer polymerize tannins (to a much larger extent). The wine presents dark fruit, dried rose, church incense, dusty oak sensations and flinty mineral essences. You get pretty complexity in this vintage, and many of those added layers come thanks to careful tertiary tones. The mouthfeel is rich, but there is a moment of brightness on the mid-palate that breaks up the heaviness, and the tannins are chalky dry. Vintner Romano Dal Forno has handed over most winery responsibilities to his son Marco. His other two sons, Luca and Michele, have transitioned over to the newly acquired Comaroto property that is also based in Illasi. For all practical purposes, Marco has been running the family estate since 2020.