Quintarelli Valpolicella Classico 2003 Quintarelli Valpolicella Classico 2003

Wine Details:
55% Corvina and Corvinone, 30% Rondinella, 15% Cabernet Sauvignon, Nebbiolo, Croatina, Sangiovese
Vines ~30 years old
Ripasso method
6 years in Slavonian oak

酒庄介绍：
Legend of Valpolicella, and along with Dal Forno, considered the best Amarone makers
Mentor to Dal Forno, Giuseppi (Bepi) Quintarelli’s wines are considered traditional, austere, more classically styled vs. Dal Forno, whose wines are considered modern, hedonistic, full-throttled
“…Nearly primeval method of winemaking” – but still detailed; continuing under Francesco Grigoli, Giuseppi’s grandson, after Giuseppi passed 2012
“Among the grandest, most iconic, most sought-after red wines of Italy, perhaps the world”

酒评：
92 Wine Enthusiast: “Aged in large oak casks for six long years, Quintarelli''s exceptional Valpolicella blend - which has tiny percentages of Cabernet Sauvignon, Nebbiolo, Croatina and Sangiovese - shows ethereal tones of licorice, dried ginger, wild berry and spice. The texture is smooth and polished, showing a touch of chopped mint. ” (11/12)”

产区介绍：
About Valpolicella (DOC):
Ranks just behind Chianti in volume
Corvina Veronese, Rondinella, and Molinara
Amarone and recioto made from drying grapes (appassimento)
Ripasso: adding leftover grape skins and seeds from recioto / Amarone fermentation to Valpolicella
Traditionally thin, uninteresting wines; Quintarelli showed what was possible in Valpolicella (lower yields, oak aging, etc.)