Valpolicella Ripasso Classico Superiore 2021 - Antolini

Valpolicella Ripasso Classico Superiore  - Antolini

Antolini's Valpolicella Ripasso Classico Superiore is a red wine scented with red fruits, and which is fresh, savory on the palate, with velvety and enveloping tannins. Obtained from Corvina, Corvinone and Rondinella grapes, grown in the property vineyards located in Marano di Valpolicella, San Pietro in Cairano and Negrar, in the heart of Valpolicella Classica. Ripasso is a bridge between the young Valpolicella and the "adult" Amarone and Recioto because it is produced by refermenting the vintage wine for 5/7 days on the pomace of the dried Amarone and Recioto grapes. Refines for 12 months in oak barrels. Excellent to taste with first courses with succulent seasonings, red meats and not too mature cheeses. 

Service

We taste IT at a temperature of 18/20 ° in gran ballon glasses. Wine to drink immediately but will express its best in a few years.

Pairing

Excellent wine to pair with elaborate pasta dishes, red meat, game and very aged cheeses.

Winery: Antolini

The Antolini company is led by Paolo and his brother Stefano and is located in the hilly area of ​​the municipality of Marano di Valpolicella, San Pietro in Cariano and Negrar. The vineyards cover a total area of ​​approximately 9 hectares, and are located on predominantly clayey soils, which have the property of retaining water and slowly transferring it to the roots, for this reason there is no irrigation system in the vineyards. Another peculiarity of the area lies in the high temperature range found between day and night, which allows us to obtain particularly fragrant and complex wines on the nose. The cultivation system they adopt is the traditional one of the area, the double pergola, and there are many rows planted on the "marogne", the characteristic dry stone walls that form wonderful terraces where, not infrequently, there are also olive and cherry trees. Since 1993 in the locality “Semonte”, in the municipality of San Pietro in Cariano, they have owned 1 hectare of vineyard, and in 2000 in the locality “Ca' Coato”, in the municipality of Negrar, precisely in the hilly area that extends between San Vito and Roselle , purchase a plot of approximately 2 hectares. From the beginning they have chosen to operate with respect for the environment, practicing guided and integrated control to use pesticide products to a minimum. In 2001 they completed the construction of the cellar: on the first floor there is the room intended for drying the grapes while on the ground floor the warehouse and the area destined in the future for bottling; outside, under a roof, there are modern-concept winemakers for fermentation and in the basement the processing and storage cellar, with steel tanks, and, under two brick vaults, the cellar reserved for aging, with barrels and barriques. Respect for tradition and the typical nature of the wines are and will always be a fundamental value for the Antoninis: ignoring fashions, they aim to make the most of the native vines, the territory and the work of the winemaker, so that each of their wines is the complete and sincere expression.