2002 Le Ragose Valpolicella Classico Superiore

Community Tasting Notes (3) Avg Score: 90.2 points

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  8/29/2007 - 5laton wrote: 90 Points

  Nose of sliced, ripe strawberries sprinkled with sugar, with a hint of animale. Complex palate of super ripe cherries, sweetened dried cranberries, green herbs, dried beef, some vegetal, with good midpalate depth. The wine has a silky texture, fairly low acidity and medium length. This is a far more generous wine than i recall from a year ago, and while it may continue to improve in the short term it is definitely ready to go now. At times it felt a little too round and soft, but mostly it was just lovely. This was a steal at $10 on closeout. Label says "Ripasso Method" in small letters.

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  3/16/2007 - gordoyflaca wrote: 93 Points

  smells like sweet cherries, that were lightly touching the earth, with a delicate bend of strawberry capturing the nose and then throwing you off with a wildflower. gordo is congested so he smells a prune glazed with licrorice and ending with easter ham only to throw him completely off when he tastes a sweet flower. With a wonderful finish enough of a kick but not overpowering. Silky and smooth....like a Mercedes

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  6/9/2006 - 5laton wrote: 88 Points

  Typical Corvina nose of bright red currants and cherries, with spicy black pepper and a touch of leather and raisins on the palate. Not a huge amount of fruit but a really nice, balanced wine with plenty of chewy tannins and a respectable finish. One of the more interesting Valpos I've had and an outstanding value for $10, I will definitely get more of this.

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