I have not made the Mosti Amarone but I have the Cellar Craft. It is a unique wine that is indeed bitter but has a faint residual sweetness that comes from the subtle raisin flavor in the wine. It is definitely a big, bold, in your face wine.
While many make the Amarone kits and enjoy them in a fairly short period of time, this is a wine that can really use some time to age. This is a three to five year in the bottle wine to truly appreciate its full potential. It is also a wine that you can really watch evolve over that time frame. You will bottle it and try a bottle 6 months later. Somewhere around the year to year and a half you might try one and think "Oh my" something has went wrong as it will be very bitter and unpleasant tasting. 6 months later you try another and it is fantastic. At least that is my experience with the 3 kits I made.
The WE Chilean Cab is a fantastic wine. I am guessing this is the same wine they offered in their Limited Edition series in 2005 and decided to make it a regular offering. That is the wine I made when I did my photo tutorial. I am just now enjoying this wine as it has aged and evolved very well and I have to say itpossibly my best non grape pack wine to date. I don't know though as the WE Woodbridge Cab and the Stags Leap Merlot are right their with it.I haven't sampled any of my Mosti kits yet though. I believe you are going to find the Cab a much more fruit forward wine than an Amarone.
If you have a local wine shop pick up a bottle of Amarone and give it a try. Expect a decent bottle to cost $30.00 or better easily. Don't expect your kit you make to taste that good for quite some time. I will say though that I have a very sensitive palliate so you may enjoy it much sooner than I can. It is a great wine and it is good to broaden your tasting horizons to appreciate varietals across the board. On the flip side though, you know what you like and their are tons of options to make what is tried and true to you. You might seriously consider the Mosti Cab's as well as the Estate Series WE kits. I am savoring a Stags Leap Merlot right now. It is to die for.Edited by: smurfe