Cantina di Verona
Valpolicella DOC Ripasso Superiore

Type: Red wine, 750 ml, 2019 (item no. IT-04CVVR)
Grapes: 60% Corvina Veronese, 25% Rondinella, 15% Corvinone
District: Veneto, Italy
Details: Winemaker: MO, Closure: Natural cork
Alcohol: 14% Acid: 5.8 g/l Residual sugar: 5.5 g/l

Cantina di Verona is located just northeast of the city of Verona and
produces high quality wines such as Amarone della Valpolicella, Recioto della Valpolicella, Valpolicella DOC Ripasso Valpolicella, Soave, Bardolino, Pinot Grigio and other white and red wines IGT/DOC/DOCG. Ripasso Valpolicella Superiore received the following awards:

2014 - GOLD – Berliner Wein Trophy 2016
2014 – Commended – International Wine Challenge 2016
2014 – Commended – Decanter 2016
2013 – Diploma di Gran Menzione 2015
2013 – Commended – Decanter 2015
2013 – Bronze – International Wine Challenge 2015

Vinification: The grapes are carefully picked by hand and maceration takes place underneath 10 days. A second fermentation with Amarone Falasco grape must and then the wine is allowed to mature in oak barrels before bottling.
 
Description: Deep ruby red. A medium-bodied wine with lots of fruit, plums, red cherries mixed with some chocolate notes, nuttiness and a some herbiness. Soft rounded tannins with balanced acidity
and lovely long fruity finish. Very generous wine.

Recommendations: Served at 16-18 degrees. This wine is ready to drink now, but can also be stored for another 5-6 years. Wonderful companion wine or enjoy it together with pasta, tasty meat stews, grilled with root vegetables. Also works very well for sthard cheeses with good saltiness and blue cheese.

Wine producer: Cantina di Verona