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• lifeattable Likes this wine: 90 points

  July 12, 2023 - I wasn’t expecting much out of this at 15yo, but it was quite lovely: elegant, nice balance of primary fruit and tertiary development. Not overly sweet as some ripasso wines can be - I think perhaps that aspect helped this feel younger than it is, but otherwise was completely in balance. Drinking nicely now and might even hang on a bit longer.

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• RichD2 Likes this wine: 93 points

  February 15, 2023 - Excellent restrained Ripasso, i.e. not overripe or alcoholic. Nice fruit flavors and tertiary development at this age. Air softens the tannins substantially leaving a beautifully balanced finish.

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• winebonanza1 Likes this wine:

  February 13, 2020 - on nose: meat, and rich floral. Taste: Perfect ripe, dark fruit and tannins has gone. Delicious wine

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• jonr Likes this wine: 86 points

  December 31, 2019 - It good to see that this ripasso are kept well after eleven years.

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• LotionInTheBasket wrote: 91 points

  September 22, 2018 - The color is a thick garnet, some browning at the edges. The nose is cherry, oak/vanilla, some magic marker mixed in. Still smells deep. The front is smooth red fruit, well developed, cherry and raspberry notes. Its dry as a bone; good acidity on the middle, has softened from last time I had this; its pretty well integrated and there's an austerity to it.
  The finish is medium length with the fruit leading the way then riding on a wave of soft tannins texture-wise.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2008
• Type Red
• Producer Zenato
• Varietal Corvina Blend
• Designation Ripassa
• Vineyard n/a
• Country Italy
• Region Veneto
• SubRegion Valpolicella
• Appellation Ripasso della Valpolicella Superiore
• UPC Codes 098709436046, 641734000036, 641734000067, 6611134000053

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• Pending Delivery 1 (0%)
• In Cellars 572 (40%)
• Consumed 856 (60%)

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