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Structure

Bodymedium
Tanninlow
Acidityhigh
Sweetnessdry
Finishmedium
Oaknone or neutral

Drinking window

Best 1 to 3 years from vintage.

vintage1 yrs3 yrs8 yrs

Critic scores

No critic score is published for this bottle that we can cite with a reviewer, a vintage and a review year, so none is shown. The rating above is our own.

In the glass

Medium-bodiedLow tanninHigh acidityDryMedium finish

Aroma: small red fruits, iris flower, rose

Palate: mint, crunchy spice, salinity

Ruby, with small red fruits, iris flower and rose on the nose, then a palate where freshness and salinity dominate with minty notes and crunchy spice.

What it pairs with

  • Cured meats The estate names salumi for this wine, and the salinity handles the fat.
  • Bean and barley soup Monte Dall'Ora suggests soups, where the mint note stays lively.
  • Grilled mackerel The producer specifically recommends oily fish for this bottling.

With cheese

Monte Veronese Our pick Young latte intero Monte Veronese is mild and faintly sweet, with a soft, elastic paste. A young Valpolicella, light in tannin and fresh, cleans the milky fat from the palate without any grip that would flatten such a gentle cheese.

History

Saseti comes off terraced pergola on the Castelrotto and San Pietro in Cariano hills from vines between twenty-five and seventy years old, hand-picked into fifteen-kilo crates and fermented spontaneously with indigenous yeasts for six or seven days with the cap moved by hand. Annual production is 20,000 bottles.

Facts

Producer
Monte Dall'Ora · visiting guide
Grapes
Corvina (40%), Corvinone (30%), Rondinella (20%), Molinara (5%), Oseleta (5%)
Classification
Valpolicella Classico DOC
Oak
A few months in steel and unlined concrete before bottling, no wood
Price
€14-20 at retail
Drinking window
1-3 from vintage
Biodynamic
Biodynamic Practicing
Organic
ORGANIC CERTIFIED

Frequently asked about Monte Dall'Ora Saseti Valpolicella Classico

What does Monte Dall'Ora Saseti taste like?

The estate reports a ruby colour with scents of small red fruits, iris flower and rose, and a palate where freshness and sapidity dominate alongside minty notes and crunchy spice.

When should I drink Monte Dall'Ora Saseti?

Monte Dall'Ora calls it a young wine usually drunk up to two or three years from the harvest, and describes it as a wine that keeps you company all day, from a glass with a snack through a whole meal.

How is Saseti made?

Hand-harvested from mid September into fifteen-kilo crates, fermented spontaneously with indigenous yeasts for six or seven days with manual punch-downs in steel and unlined concrete, then a few months in the same vessels before bottling.

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