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2003 Le Ragose Valpolicella Classico Superiore Le Sassine
Corvina Blend
- Italy
- Veneto
- Valpolicella
- Valpolicella Classico Superiore
Community Tasting Notes 10
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Jimdish25 wrote: 90 points
November 7, 2010 - Earthy, sour cherry, a little mint and wet earth stewed tomatoes. Some acid in the end. DBP hit it pretty well with the last description. I liked it quite a bit and the acidity did not overwhelm with the Lamb Shank and Pasta served tonight. 90+ and drinking nicely still.
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David Paris (dbp) wrote: 90 points
April 15, 2010 - In glass 30 minutes. This wine is definitely into its tertiary development. Aromas are showing sweet, juicy earth, a wet paper bag, stewed tomatoes, mushrooms with balsamic on top, a mint leaf growing on a Douglas fir branch, and some light sour cherry underneath it all. Mid-palate is also showing tons of wet soil underneath a douglas fir in an old growth forest, nice light acidity and mild tannins, with a bit of chalk. Finish hits really hard with tons of acidity and salt, a sour cherry, some light bits of soil. The acidity will definitely be too much for some, but I dig it, though it does completely dominate. The mid-palate doesn't quite lead on how acidic the finish is about to be, as its fairly soft. I just read my note from two years ago and unfortunately, I get zero prosciutto today. That sounds delicious.
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bccdavid wrote: 88 points
August 11, 2008 - Nose: Sour cherries, Strawberry and a little apricot
Taste: Soft, light, cherries and light fruits. -
MarcInDSM wrote: 89 points
August 7, 2008 - Extremely obvious and abundant sour cherry and the nice Italian softness made this wine very enjoyable. Nice old world flavors, though not wonderfully complex and a little light on tannins for my taste. Good value.
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Kamikaze wrote: 90 points
May 14, 2008 - Nice, light to medium body.
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By Gary Vaynerchuk
Corvina Grape and Why Gary Vaynerchuk Loves It., Episode #193, 3/5/2007 (link) 91 points(LE RAGOSE VALPOLICELLA CLASSICO SUPERIORE LE SASSINE) #2; COLOR-nice; NOSE-candy cane, little apricot & mint, very different & nice; TASTE-this is Nice!!, I adore this wine (I love sour cherry), very rounded fruit flavors w/ smoked ham flavor, I love the balance of the sweet (fruit) w/ the salt (ham), traditional Italian wine drinkers will adore this, 30-40 second finish, little strawberries shooting, Great w/ food; GV-91
Wine Definition
- Vintage 2003
- Type Red
- Producer Le Ragose
- Varietal Corvina Blend
- Designation Le Sassine
- Vineyard n/a
- Country Italy
- Region Veneto
- SubRegion Valpolicella
- Appellation Valpolicella Classico Superiore
- UPC Code 748132101775
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 0 (0%)
- In Cellars 13 (28%)
- Consumed 34 (72%)
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