Ripasso wine special starting 12.10.13

WINE SPECIAL

Campolieti, Ripasso  Valpolicella, Valpolicella, Italy

·         60% Corvina, 30% Rondinella, 10% Molinara

·         Valpolicella is located in Northeast Italy, specifically in Veneto, Italy’s largest wine producing region. 

·         Valpolicella is the second most important red DOC in Italy, after Chianti.

·         This wine is done in the ripasso style. Valpolicella is known for Amarone della Valpolicella. This is a dry red wine made from raisinated grapes.  The resulting wine is intense, concentrated, and full. Ripasso wines are made by adding the unpressed skins of amarone grapes to basic Valpolicella wine.  The skins add alcohol, tannin, and complexity to the normally light and fruity basic Valpolicella wine.

·         Tasting Notes: Medium-full bodied wine with both pronounced acidity and tannin.  This wine shows depth and complexity. Notes of raisinated fruit-dried cherries, bitter hazelnut, and toast.

·         This would be excellent with many options from our Red Sauce menu, our Bolognese, and Peperonata pizza.