This is exactly what I want in a Ripasso. The freshness and purity of ripe Corvina and other grapes, with a little assist from the Amarone pomace to add a little dried fruit complexity and richness and structure. Ripassos can so easily be simple and cloying and too big or sweet. This avoids all those pitfalls. Such a good pasta wine.
This is exactly what I want in a Ripasso. The freshness and purity of ripe Corvina and other grapes, with a little assist from the Amarone pomace to add a little dried fruit complexity and richness and structure. Ripassos can so easily be simple and cloying and too big or sweet. This avoids all those pitfalls. Such a good pasta wine.
May 5th, 2026
So talkative in the dried fruit realm—prunes, figs, dried cranberry and figs. The palate has a super texture, slightly grabby tannins but in the way you want to be grabbed, like at the end of a hug on a really good first date. GRAB ME tannins! These do, but politely, and you want them to because they are fine-grained if assertive. The dried fruit plays nicely with cocoa powder and freeze-dried espresso granules (smell them, you’ll see). REALLY good. It grows more herbal with time, too.
So talkative in the dried fruit realm—prunes, figs, dried cranberry and figs. The palate has a super texture, slightly grabby tannins but in the way you want to be grabbed, like at the end of a hug on a really good first date. GRAB ME tannins! These do, but politely, and you want them to because they are fine-grained if assertive. The dried fruit plays nicely with cocoa powder and freeze-dried espresso granules (smell them, you’ll see). REALLY good. It grows more herbal with time, too.
Aug 7th, 2024
A classic ripasso, the way they should be. Good 18 dollar entertaining wine.
A classic ripasso, the way they should be. Good 18 dollar entertaining wine.
1 person found it helpfulJun 23rd, 2014
Pleasing red fruit, nice balance medium to light bodied red. An interesting musty quality looms above a would-be non-memorable wine. The tannin is light but gripping an it opens to some dried fruit and herbal qualities in the mouth.
Pleasing red fruit, nice balance medium to light bodied red. An interesting musty quality looms above a would-be non-memorable wine. The tannin is light but gripping an it opens to some dried fruit and herbal qualities in the mouth.
1 person found it helpfulJan 8th, 2013
Valpolicella, Verona, Veneto, Italy
