Wine Details

Alcohol: 13%
Read the review of top italian wines in the Telegraph
Something of a curiosity, and utterly delicious. A red wine, made from local Veronese varieties such as Corvina, Rondinella and Molinara, which is re-fermented with a small amount of semi-dried grapes. Soft and velvety, with hints of bitter cherries and stewed plums, it is ideal with garlic roast chicken and rosemary.

Ripasso: Italian term meaning literally 'repassed', for the technique of adding extra flavour, and alcohol, to valpolicella by re-fermenting the young wine on the unpressed skins of amarone wines after...OCW