Enjoyable enough for a weekniight Italian dinner. Not complex, or long, or interesting, but had some decent cherry flavor and sufficient acidity - a decent entry-level Valpo.
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One hour decant. Bright red color. Carmelized onion, pumpernickel bread, pine needles and orange peel (like in an Old Fashioned cocktail). Dry, tart, lingering palate with cranberry and high acidity at the front end. Medium finish with soft, but firm, tannins. Lots going on in this herbaceous wine. One of the better QPRs I've had.
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Not too surprisingly, it appears there's some bottle variation here. That said, mine was in very good shape, with plenty of freshness rounding out the juicy, lifted core of red/dark-red fruits. As always, a good dose of soil, with a fringe of red and purple floral. I'm tempted to go back and get a case, as this is, as usual, such a great cellar defender, and a great table wine with a lot of diversity for pairing. Medium-bodied, resolved tannins and EtOH, this is drinking just fine on PnP. Now thru 2022. recommended+
Served non-blind; fwiw, I find that some of their slightly off Valpolicella bottles can turn it around after an hour in decanter, or sometimes even the next day.
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4/16/2019 - pgb67 wrote: 87 Points
Enjoyable enough for a weekniight Italian dinner. Not complex, or long, or interesting, but had some decent cherry flavor and sufficient acidity - a decent entry-level Valpo.
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3/11/2018 - pennjr Likes this wine: 90 Points
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2/13/2018 - pennjr Likes this wine: 92 Points
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8/2/2017 - AGELVIS Likes this wine: 91 Points
One hour decant. Bright red color. Carmelized onion, pumpernickel bread, pine needles and orange peel (like in an Old Fashioned cocktail). Dry, tart, lingering palate with cranberry and high acidity at the front end. Medium finish with soft, but firm, tannins. Lots going on in this herbaceous wine. One of the better QPRs I've had.
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7/31/2017 - Tim Heaton Likes this wine:
Not too surprisingly, it appears there's some bottle variation here. That said, mine was in very good shape, with plenty of freshness rounding out the juicy, lifted core of red/dark-red fruits. As always, a good dose of soil, with a fringe of red and purple floral. I'm tempted to go back and get a case, as this is, as usual, such a great cellar defender, and a great table wine with a lot of diversity for pairing. Medium-bodied, resolved tannins and EtOH, this is drinking just fine on PnP. Now thru 2022. recommended+
Served non-blind; fwiw, I find that some of their slightly off Valpolicella bottles can turn it around after an hour in decanter, or sometimes even the next day.
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