Name: Valpolicella Ripasso Superiore
Appelation: Valpolicella Ripasso Superiore DOC
Year: 2017
Grapes: Corvina Veronese, Corvinone, Rondinella, Oseleta
Alcohol: 15% 0.75L
Colour: Bright ruby red, tending towards garnet
Aroma: Elegant, floral and spicy
Taste: Full and velvety, full-bodied and persistent. An excellent balance of tannins and minerality in the mouth
Serving Temperature: serve at about 18 °C.
Vinification: Before vinification the grapes are dried under atural ventilation in the drying room, for about a month. Between November and December first fermentation, followed by second fermentation on the skins obtained from the vinification of Amarone. Fermentation in Stainless steel vats then french oak tonneaux
RIPASSO - 2017 0.75L - 6 bottles - Falezze - 46,8€/b
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.
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.