These wines are well worth seeking out, and as the retail prices below indicate, they can offer excellent value. Very dark garnet. Ripe blueberry and blackberry aromas with spicy, oaky hints of cinnamon and cloves. Excellent wine and a very good value. Bright and crisp on the palate, berry and tart apple flavors, fresh and clean.
Snappy acidity persists in a long finish.
Showing Valpolicella's affinity with picnic fare, a happy match with mortadella and provolone sandwiches on fresh flatbread. These wines were featured in the first edition of The 30 Second Wine Advisor , my new, free weekly E-mail bulletin of quick wine tips, advice and tasting notes. E-mail me your tasting notes , and I'll consider adding them to this page. In order to maintain objectivity and avoid conflicts of interest, I purchase all the wines I rate at my own expense in retail stores.