Allegrini

Amarone della Valpolicella Classico Corvina Blend 2000

9.7

Well Worth the Wait! I bought 5 bottles of this wine about 16 years ago (hence the amazing price) and this is my last one…..🙁 Never disappointed, always amazed by its splendid maturation! — 5 days ago

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Zenato

Valpolicella Superiore Corvina Blend 2020

joy horn

8.9

Bought at Pine Orchard 11/24 $14. Great value. Light and bright fruit flavors but with good tannins for balance. — a month ago

Roccolo Grassi

Valpolicella Superiore Corvina Blend 2017

Tom Casagrande

9.0

Another big boi from this producer. Obviously uses at least a significant proportion of partially dried grapes. Fairly saturated color. Nose is rather subdued, reluctantly giving up scents of leather, underbrush, crushed rock, and dark cherry underneath all of that non-fruit stuff. In the mouth, it’s big, with initial slightly bitter, extracted notes. Tannic. Dissimilar from straight Valpos in its size and austerity. Dissimilar from Ripasso-style Valpos in that the fruit is not especially ripe or sweetish. It will go well with our stuffed shells in red sauce, but is a little challenging on its own. It occurs to me that this might fit in well in a tasting of 2017s from the left bank in Bordeaux. In other words, very atypical for a Valpo. Still, it’s pretty good, as long as you don’t harbor any expectations of typicity.

UPDATE: two nights later (using a vacuum closure), this has actually improved. Kind of amazing for a Valpo of this age. The fruit has moved closer to front-and-center, and it seem a bit more Calpo-like, though it’s still pretty large-framed. Upping score from 8.8 to 9.0. — 2 months ago

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Tommasi

Rafael Valpolicella Classico Superiore Corvina Blend 2021

Joe Rego

9.0

A lovely complement to spaghetti and meatballs with Fra Diavolo sauce. Soft mouth feel and dark ruby color. After decanting and breathing for an hour the dark cherry and chocolate really pop. — 12 days ago