Falezze Valpolicella Ripasso Superiore 2018

Falezze Valpolicella Ripasso Superiore 2018

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The creation of Valpolicella Ripasso Falezze involves placing the finest bunches from the harvest in late September in crates, which remain in the drying room for a month and a half.

The slightly withered grapes are vinified for the first time after Saint Martin’s Day, 11 November, to obtain a Valpolicella Superiore that then undergoes a second fermentation on Amarone skins. This is how Valpolicella Ripasso is created, with its ruby red colour with garnet and orangey highlights.

Key Details

Valpolicella Region15.5% AlcoholRed Meat and PoultryCorvina Veronese and Rondinella GrapeFull BodiedTannic
Falezze Valpolicella Ripasso Superiore 2018
£72.00

Valpolicella

"Amarone della Valpolicella is a rich, dry Italian red wine from the Veneto region. It is produced primarily from the Corvina grape. Amarone is characterized by ripe, bold flavors.

Directly after harvest, the grapes are air dried through a process called “appassimento”, which allows them to shrivel into raisins. This concentrates the sugar and flavors in the grapes, producing a distinctive and full-bodied wine well-suited to aging.

It is often said that you can safely forget an Amarone in your wine cellar. Even average Amarones can be aged for 10-15 years. Depending on the vintage and aging technique, wines of exceptional quality can be enjoyed up to 30-50 years after bottling!

In wine, time equals money. The aging process, manual labor, and prime grape-growing real estate mean that Amarone is often quite expensive.

Despite its iconic status, Amarone only received DOCG recognition as recently as 2009.

Amarone is best paired with very rich foods, due to its strong flavor profile, robust nature, and high alcohol (minimum 14% abv)."

Tasting Notes

The nose is floral, with hints of ripe, still fresh fruit. The palate is linear, with acid-tangy notes, and a harmonious balance of minerality, which comes from a soil that consists partly of stone flakes and partly of volcanic earth, and a tannin content that gives a dry, persistent finish.

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