Angelo Casagrande

8.9

Lighter, easy- going and just all around tasty. Haven’t had a Valpolicella in a while. They go with a wide range of foods. We had it with a chick pea salad and it was not overpowering. I’ve got to start drinking more Valpolicella. — 6 days ago

Katelynn Martin

9.1

Wonderful wine with dinner — 16 days ago

Oscar Karlsson

8.9

En glömd butelj, långt ner i källarn. Hade inga förhoppningar när den öppnades, men blev glatt överraskad! Mogna körsbär och fat i form av kakao och kaffe. Balanserad syra och sandiga (fin sand) tanniner. — 2 months ago

Patricia Schnitzer

9.0

Sept 28, 2019. J2’s 5th bonus year celebration. TW Concierge offering April 2017. Purchased this and the Amarone. This is s solid Ripasso. Tart cherries, of course but not overpowering. Smooth, no pepper, hint of chocolate. 70% Corvina, 30% Rondinella. I believe Villa Cavarena is an Allegrini family label, from their Co-op? Definitely Allegrini quality and for <$20/bottle, what’s not to like??? — 5 months ago

Severn Goodwin

9.1

Dinner with co-workers during one of my monthly visits to our greater Atlanta office.

Decent bottle, needed lots of air to get going, luckily proper stemware was provided.
Mostly ripe, dark fruits, dried cherry, licorice, enjoyable. — 7 days ago

manyardo lovesall

9.2

🙈 tasting 4th wine
at wset level 2 course (6th meeting)
the class subject was 🇮🇹
four reds were poured

my guess was that it'll probably be nebbiolo, barbera, sangiovese and amarone. i came close.

besides the one with appassimento treatment guessing what is each one is far behind my tastebuds (for now 😊)

brownish red 👀

ripe fruit, recurrent, black cherry, eucalyptus, clove, smoke, and some meat. 💪 👃

medium sweetness.
high acidity.
medium tannins.
full body.

🍬, ripe red fruit, mint, vanilla and caramel 👄

long long 🎯

this was so thick i just couldn't spit it!
very (very) bold but a tiny bit is superb. — a month ago

NiiAmah

9.1

Delicious — 4 months ago

Jeff Ryan

8.9

Still such a good table wine. — 18 days ago

manyardo lovesall

8.9

🙈 tasting 1st wine
at wset level 2 course (6th meeting)
the class subject was 🇮🇹

pale 🍋👀

blossom, Apple, pear and 🍋 👃

high acidity.
medium body.

pear, lemon, blossom and hints of herbs 👄

short 🎯

i wanted to try soave as i loved 🇮🇹 whites i tried (especially falanghina).
and remembered @Ellen Clifford mentioning it in her podcast.

very simple yet very enjoyable for me. — a month ago

Sipping Fine Wine

9.0

Giovanni Allegrini was the founder of the new generation and revolutionized changes to accepted practices. A blend of Corvina Veronese 45%, Corvinone 45%,Rondinella 5% & Oseleta 5%, deep Ruby with aromas of dried dark fruits, spice and herb, about 120 days of appassimento. Palate shows ripe cherry and strawberry flavors with fig, cacao, flint and mineral tones. Soft smooth tannins well balanced with acidity on a long spicy finish. Will continued to get better. Tasting Sample. — 3 months ago