Dry · Medium-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Savoury
Corte RugolinValpolicella€€€€€€€Still Red
Ruby with magenta edges, a complex and delicate nose of sour cherry and bramble blackberry, cedar wood, orange peel, mocha and officinal herbs, then a fine, balanced mouth with excellent tannin grain and a vibrant saline trail.
Medium Sweet · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Rustic
CorteforteValpolicella€€€€€€€Dessert Passito
Intense garnet, clean and complex in forest fruits and sugared almond, cherries and sour cherries in spirit, spice, vanilla, chocolate, cinnamon and liquorice, with violet, iris and wild flowers when young, and only 50 grams per litre of sugar so it stays austere.
Dry · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · Medium acidity · Savoury · Rustic
CorteforteValpolicella€€€€€€€Still Red
Intense ruby to garnet, with a clean nose of undergrowth fruit, sour cherry and plum lightly spiced with leather and pepper, and a robust, complex body that harmoniously echoes those aromas.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Romantic · Festive
CorteforteValpolicella€€€€€€€Dessert Passito
Deep, intense garnet, extremely complex in forest fruits and sugared almond, cherry and plum jam and sour cherries in spirit with light spice, vanilla, chocolate, cinnamon and liquorice, shading into violet, iris and wild meadow flowers, with a body the estate calls sweet, delicate, harmonious and soft as velvet.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · Medium acidity · Romantic · Contemplative
Speri ViticoltoriValpolicella€€€€€€€€Dessert Passito
Garnet red, with enveloping scents of dried grape, violet and conserve, then warm and velvety on the palate, intense and full, a refined red passito the estate calls a wine for meditation.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Elegant
Speri ViticoltoriValpolicella€€€€€€€€Dessert Passito
Intense garnet red with an ethereal scent of dried fruit, then full, warm, enveloping and dry on the palate, a wine the estate describes as important and of rare elegance that lends itself well to ageing.
Dry · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · Medium acidity · Elegant · Savoury
Speri ViticoltoriValpolicella€€€€€€€Still Red
Intense ruby red with a broad, enveloping bouquet of fruit and aromatic herbs, then spiced notes and a solid, decisive palate that is at the same time soft and elegant.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Fruity · Easygoing
Speri ViticoltoriValpolicella€€€€€€Still Red
Ruby red with violet reflections and intense vinous scents of violet and cherry, a medium-bodied, fruity wine the estate says is made to be drunk young.
Dry · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Savoury · Elegant
Speri ViticoltoriValpolicella€€€€€€€Still Red
Intense red, with red fruit, spice and cocoa on the nose, then warm and soft in the mouth and well balanced by a round tannin, from a ripasso the estate deliberately applies more restrictively than the appellation rules allow.
Dry · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · Medium acidity · Savoury · Rustic
Tenuta Santa Maria ValverdeValpolicella€€€€€€€Still Red
Deep red tending to garnet with age, with a characteristic and pleasant scent and a full, velvety, full-bodied flavour, obtained by refermenting the Valpolicella on the residual pomace of the estate's Recioto and Amarone.