Monte dall`Ora, Valpolicella Ripasso ‘Sausto’

Monte dall`Ora, Valpolicella Ripasso ‘Sausto’ displays pure Morello cherry fruit flavours and is very appealing on the nose. Dry, sweetly fruited on the palate, yet savoury and elegantly lean. Firm tannins and fresh acidity contribute for the wine’s balance, simply delicious. Ripasso style is traditional in Veneto and it consists in transferring fermenting grapes (often taken from Amarone wine) into finished Valpolicella wines. Those grapes naturally contain residual sugar and yeasts which will cause a second fermentation to the wine. This process  increases the alcoholic content and gives the wine a bitter-sweet character as well as a smooth chocolatey texture.The grapes that make this wine come from southerly exposed 30 year old vines. Traditional vinification techniques and the use of 308 gallon cherry wood oak barrels, in which the wine ages for 24 months, confer intense ripe morello cherry flavours and plummy mouthfeel.
“Very pure Morello cherry fruit flavours, very appealing on the nose. Dry, sweetly fruited, yet savoury and elegantly lean. Firm tannins and fresh acidity. Very well balanced, fresh and delicious”

The Venturinis are firm adherents to biodynamic principles. As such, they encourage the growth of biodiversity by planting herbs such as rosemary and lavender in the summer, whose fragrant blooms are attractive to bees. They sow cereals in the winter, whose roots move and aerate the soil. In addition, Alessandra and Carlo have emphasized traditional and native grape varieties wherever possible to give originality and typicality. All the wines are blends of Corvina, Corvinone, Rondinella, Molinara and Oseleta. Fermentation is spontaneous with indigenous yeasts and extraction is gentle giving wines of gentle, cherry-fruited elegance.

Additional information

Grape

Corvina, Corvinone, Rondinella, Molinara, Oseleta
Colour

Red
Region

Valpolicella/Veneto
Bottle Size

75cl

Monte dall`Ora, Valpolicella Ripasso ‘Sausto’ displays pure Morello cherry fruit flavours and is very appealing on the nose. Dry, sweetly fruited on the palate, yet savoury and elegantly lean. Firm tannins and fresh acidity contribute for the wine’s balance, simply delicious.

€36.00

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