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Wine Description
The Story
Valpolicella, as we conceive it to be, is a wine which can be defined from a multitude of related wines by the particular methodology we use to produce it. In fact, we faithfully follow the same qualitative and procedural criteria that we use for Amarone. It is enough to just think that, since the 2002 vintage, all grapes that go into the making of Valpolicella are subjected to a light but advantageous drying process which lasts around one and...
Wine Information
Sexy, brooding and full-bodied, the ’11 Valpolicella from Dal Forno performs like a “baby Amarone,” bursting from the glass with an explosion of juicy blue and red fruits, rose petals, new saddle leather, cigar box, melted chocolate and underbrush. At once caressing and kinetic with acidity, this muscular wine uncurls on the palate, revealing its fine-grained tannins and sweet inner perfume. This full-bodied Valpolicella sports terrific dry ex...
