Valpolicella Classico DOP, Guerrieri Rizzardi, Italy

Using grapes from Calcarole crus that are not dried for Amarone due to very high quality of the fruit from vines between 4 to 30 years old.  12 months in stainless steel.  This vintage has produced a refined Valpolicella, very pure, dark berry, plummy fruit with fine grained tannin providing the structure.  Medium bodied with some complexity & a long sapid finish.
40% Corvina, 40% Corvinone, 10% Merlot, 5% Rondinella, 5% Croatina
13% ABV
Italy