Peter van den Besselaar

9.1

Vintage 2010 | This reserva is made of 90% Sangiovese, 10% mix Canaiola and Colorino. Ripened on foudres from Slavonian and French oak. The wine has a velvety taste, vanilla and spices. I drank this Chianti several times, at this age I am really enthusiastic! Paired with spaghetti and meatballs in Napolitanen tomatosauce. — 17 days ago

Deborah M

9.1

Dark fruit. No sign of age with this one. Grippy tannins still present. Nicely balanced. Hello weekend. — 2 years ago

Matthew Cohen

9.4

Major decant needed. Nose is closed on open.
As it opens some lovely herbal notes.

Palate is clean. Tight. Closed.
As it opens tight cherry. Gorgeous.

Much better on day 2. delicious licorice. Fresh cherry fruit. Nose is blasting. Hand crushed mid season cherries. Spice. Roses. Some chocolate on the finish.

Either wait 5 years or decant 5 hours.

Bought from fass selections. — 3 years ago

Doug Powers

9.1

I bought and drank a fair amount of Allegrini Palazzo Della Torre back in the late 1990s, and always enjoyed them. First time in the past 20 years, this seems a little softer and polished, a little lower ABV (13.5 vs. 14+ in earlier vintages), this is vinified using conventional fermentation as well as some ripasso fermentation (think Amarone drying grapes on straw mats), and has some very nice complexity and length, very nice!! — 14 days ago

with Jim

Marlos Silva

9.1

Seco , para beber de aperitivo. Além de todos os descritores normais do processo oxidativo tem uma fruta tipo Caju que não costumamos achar em vinhos desse tipo — 3 years ago

Chris

9.0

Like alea viva — 5 years ago

seph

9.0

Delightful, natural funk, light bodied, orange zest, cherry, floral, dries out the tongue, right up my alley — 3 months ago

Peter van den Besselaar

9.2

Vintage 2011 | Four more years in the cellar gives much more pleasure now. Blend of Sangiovese, Merlot and Syrah. Paired with pasta. — 3 months ago

David Kline

8.9

Raisiny and grape-y nose offers tart and powdered candy notes, white mushroom, schist, light pepper and tea. Dry open of grape-y tartness, bing cherry and lavender petal. Mouth-coating with cranberry-blackberry and black currant, bitters and dates. Great priced ripasso.
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#ripasso
#palazzomontanari #valpolicella #valpolicellaripasso #DOC #valpolicellaclassico — 3 years ago

with Courtney

Mick Farrell

9.5

Viva France! In La Jolla! — 5 years ago

with Roy, Marty and 17 others