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Valpolicella Classico Superiore Ripasso

Valpolicella Classico Superiore Ripasso · Italy

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red meats · game dishes · pasta with meat sauce · aged cheeses · mushroom risotto · cured meats

201190 pts

Here's a delicious and well-balanced ripasso that combines the freshness of Valpolicella with the structure of Amarone. It has lingering aromas of blackberry, licorice and graphite, with a whiff of moist earth. The palate delivers plum, prune, carob and nutmeg flavors, along wit…
201090 pts

This drinks like a young Amarone but is priced like a Valpolicella red. Carefully aged in oak for 12 months, this is supple and soft, bursting with red fruit aromas and a long, spicy finish.
200990 pts

David Sterza makes one of the best Ripassos ever and the low price of this delicious wine makes it all the more irresistible. Huge concentration and inky richness is offset by sweet cherry, black licorice, cola and dried flowers. The wine is long, smooth and firmly structured.