LiQuery - Antiche Terre Venete Ripasso Valpolicella 2016

Item:	178459
Size:	750 mL (25.4 oz)
Type:	2016 VINTAGES
Release Date:	2019-06-08
Producer:	Antiche Terre
Location:	Italy - Veneto
Price:	$18.95 Price History
Style:	Red Wine Medium-bodied & Fruity
Alcohol:	13.5%
Varietal:	Corvina Blend
Sugar Code:	- (10.0 g/L)
Rating:	90
Total Inventory:	655 vs. 679 on 2019-08-15

Description
'Antiche Terre Venete' translates as 'ancient Venetian lands,' which makes sense for a 100-year-old winery in a 3,000-year-old wine region. This is an excellent value in Ripasso, which is a wine style that uses dried grapes in its alchemy to add extra texture, depth and complexity. Pour this one with Asiago-and-mushroom risotto or bitter dark chocolate.

Tasting Notes
Love that smoky, meaty, sizzling bacon nose! The Antiche Terre winery was founded in 2000, and in a short time has earned a reputation for respecting the traditions of the Veneto wine region, while injecting some new energy and style into its winemaking. Honkin' big black fruit with great depths of flavour and concentration. A pleasant finish with some notes of tar and smoke. Awesome price! Fire up the grill please! This robust red wine is made using the Ripasso method to add more depth and concentration to the final wine. This traditional method from Verona area adds young fresh wine to the Amarone skins of the grapes then referments the wine again so there is both freshness and fullness. Pair with: grilled steaks, gourmet sausages, hamburgers, pasta with chorizo. Score - 90. (Natalie MacLean, nataliemaclean.com, Feb. 2015)

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