Sweet · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Romantic · Elegant
AntoliniValpolicella€€€€€€€€Dessert Passito
Golden yellow with amber reflections, intense and persistent in flowers, ripe white-fleshed fruit and almond, recalling apricot, honey, orange blossom and vanilla, then warm, soft, full and structured with a base of acidity holding it in balance.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · Medium acidity · Romantic · Festive
BegaliValpolicella€€€€€€€Dessert Passito
Deep ruby red turning garnet with age, an intense bouquet with hints of fruit and spice, and a smooth, sweet, full and velvety palate, from bunches selected at harvest and dried in the fruttaio.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · Medium acidity · Romantic · Contemplative
Corte RugolinValpolicella€€€€€€€Dessert Passito
Corte Rugolin's sweet Recioto, made from the best bunches dried for three to four months in the fruttaio, in the traditional sweet style of the valley.
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 · Festive
Costa ArenteValpolicella€€€€€€€€Dessert Passito
The estate calls Recioto the mythical father of Amarone, and added its own to the range in 2020, made from the Valpantena's hand-picked, hand-selected fruit.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Romantic · Contemplative
Cà la BiondaValpolicella€€€€€€€€Dessert Passito
A sweet red at 120 to 140 grams per litre of residual sugar that the estate says carries a great minerality, giving it extraordinary freshness and drinkability despite the sweetness.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · Medium acidity · Romantic · Contemplative
Dal Forno RomanoValpolicella€€€€€€€€€€Dessert Passito
Dal Forno's sweet Recioto applies the same barrique-and-concentration philosophy: deep, almost port-like sweetness balanced by the estate's signature tannin structure.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · Medium acidity · Romantic · Festive
Fratelli DeganiValpolicella€€€€€€€Dessert Passito
A wine of very old Veronese tradition, from selected bunches dried at least four months with a weight loss of at least forty percent, fermented at 18 to 22 degrees and refined six months in steel.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · Medium acidity · Contemplative · Romantic
Giuseppe QuintarelliValpolicella€€€€€€€€€€Dessert Passito
The sweet passito counterpart to Quintarelli's Amarone: residual sugar balanced by firm tannins and high acidity producing a luscious yet structured dessert red with decades-long ageing potential.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Romantic · Contemplative
Le RagoseValpolicella€€€€€€€€Dessert Passito
Intense with concentrated cherry and redcurrant, then dense ripe forest fruits with a pinch of dark chocolate: an unusual dessert red of power and elegance, harmonious and seductive, at 100 to 110 grams per litre of sugar.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Festive · Romantic
Masi AgricolaValpolicella€€€€€€€Dessert Passito
The traditional sweet red of the Valpolicella: impenetrable ruby, cooked cherry and fruit in spirit on the nose, and a complex, pleasing alternation of sweetness and acidity with a long finish.
Dry · Full-bodied · Firm tannin · Medium acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
Masi AgricolaValpolicella€€€€€€€€€Dessert Passito
The elegant cru of the Masi range, impenetrable ruby, intense and complex in cooked fruit and cinnamon, then rich, warm and round with ripe cherries and marasca, cooked plums and a rounded bitter-almond signature.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Romantic
MusellaValpolicella€€€€€€€€Dessert Passito
Made only from the best grapes of the best vintages, with the drying extended to 150 days, a gentle pressing and a two-month fermentation in open tonneau before at least two years in new tonneau.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · Medium acidity · Romantic · Festive
NicolisValpolicella€€€€€€€Dessert Passito
Deep red, intense with floral notes of violet, iris and wild rose alongside vanilla, and full, sweet and delicate on the palate after a spontaneous fermentation stopped at the desired sugar and alcohol.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · Medium acidity · Romantic · Contemplative
NovaiaValpolicella€€€€€€€Dessert Passito
Deep garnet with violet hues, particularly fruity when young, with red fruits and undergrowth over spice, coffee and bitter chocolate, then a sweet, velvety, warm and elegant palate showing fruit jam and vanilla.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Romantic
Roccolo GrassiValpolicella€€€€€€€€Dessert Passito
Deep ruby, with cherry conserve, very ripe plum, small red fruits, spice, tobacco and chocolate on the nose, and a powerful, fat, sweet palate that the estate insists is never cloying, returning cherry, plum, cocoa and a light mineral note.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · Medium acidity · Romantic · Fruity
Secondo MarcoValpolicella€€€€€€€€Dessert Passito
An intense ruby sweet red, rich on the nose with cherry, raspberry and chocolate, soft and moderately sweet on the palate and balanced by exceptional minerality.
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.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Romantic · Contemplative
Speri ViticoltoriValpolicella€€€€€€€€Dessert Passito
Speri's Le Bine de Jago Recioto represents the traditional sweet red wine of Valpolicella before Amarone became dominant; the fermentation-arrested fruit preserves Corvina's characteristic high acidity beneath the luscious chocolate-cherry sweetness.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · Medium acidity · Romantic · Festive
TezzaValpolicella€€€€€€€€Dessert Passito
Impenetrable dark red, with hints of sour cherry conserve, balsamic notes and chocolate, then fruity and soft on the palate with an elegant tannic grip.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · Medium acidity · Romantic · Festive
Tommasi ViticoltoriValpolicella€€€€€€€€Dessert Passito
Tommasi's Recioto Classico is made from the highest-selected Corvina and Corvinone bunches from the family's San Pietro in Cariano vineyards; chocolate-cherry and raisin sweetness balanced by traditional cask structure.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Festive · Romantic
Valentina CubiValpolicella€€€€€€€€Dessert Passito
Made only in the best vintages, the estate's sweet wine of tradition, of feast days and of special occasions, from grapes dried a minimum of 120 days.
Sweet · Full-bodied · Medium tannin · High acidity · Contemplative · Romantic
VivianiValpolicella€€€€€€€€Dessert Passito
Deep violet in the glass, a generous bouquet of varied spice, ripe cherry, marasca and creme de cassis over toasted walnut, floral notes and chocolate, with a soft sweet entry, real freshness and a very fine tannin that will hold it for years.