Valpolicella Superiore Ripasso 'Capitel San Rocco' Tedeschi 2019

The Valpolicella Superiore Ripasso "Capitel San Rocco" by Fratelli Tedeschi is a red wine able to transfer into the chalice an ancient wine-making practice, the "refresher" memo. A technique which consists of a part of the macerate Valpolicella produced in the previous autumn, in contact with the skins of, after the same have been left to dry and have been decanted in March. And well that produces a wine much more elegant, soft and complex of a Valpolicella, can often get close to the magic of Amarone, one of the most important Italian red wines. The Tedeschi family in this field is an absolute certainty: a long history of wine almost four centuries; a story of brave men and an environment, Valpolicella, able to charm with its soft hills and with the charm of its vineyards. Tradition and innovation, knowledge and experience, dedication and patience; all factors that have marked the Tedeschi family before then and its wines. As this Valpolicella Superiore Ripasso "Capitel San Rocco" that comes from vines over 20 years of age places on moraine soils of Valpolicella; The grapes used are those native and you go from the most known Corvina, Rondinella and Corvinone, the most special and ancient as the Rossignola, Oseleta, the Negrara and Dindarella. Tedeschi chose to hone its Valpolicella Ripasso for 18-24 months in oak casks in order to increase its olfactory range and its complexity; the "Capitel San Rocco" is, first of all, elegant and intense; in the cup is shown with its beautiful ruby red and now offers notes of cherry and raspberry, blackcurrant and violet. A great Valpolicella Ripasso…