TITLE: La Casetta

APPELLATION: Valpolicella Ripasso Classico Superiore DOC

PRODUCER: Domini Veneti

REGION: Veneto

SHORT_DESC: Ripasso “La Casetta” is made by re-fermenting fresh Valpolicella on Recioto skins, creating a wine of remarkable softness and complexity.

OVERVIEW_VARIETAL: 65% Corvina, 15% Corvinone, 10% Rondinella, 10% DOCG varietals

OVERVIEW_PROCESS: Hand-picked, dried for 120 days, destemmed & gently crushed; fermentation, then 12 days maceration; full malolactic fermentation; held in steel, then pased through recioto skins

OVERVIEW_SERVING_TEMP: 60 - 65 °F

OVERVIEW_ALCOHOL: 14%

PROFILE_COLOR: strong ruby red, with hints of violet

PROFILE_NOSE: complex aromas of black cherry, violet and spice

PROFILE_FINISH: notes of black fruits, spice and tobacco, well balanced and full bodied, with velvet-smooth and harmonious tannings

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PAIRING: Grilled & braised meats, aged cheeses

AWARDS: 93 POINTS James Suckling; 94 POINTS James Suckling; Grand Gold Mundus Vini

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