Cantina Valpantena, `Tesauro` Recioto della Valpolicella 2020 (50cl) Light Fruity Red

Cantina Valpantena, `Tesauro` Recioto della Valpolicella 2020 (50cl) Light Fruity RedThe Torre del Falasco wines are the standard bearers of this co operative, situated in the Valpantena, northeast of Verona. Known as the valley of god to the ancient Greeks, this area is well known for its high quality red wines, due partly to the soils but also because of the cool breeze that blows down the valley from the foothills of the Dolomites. Run by Luca Degani since 1995, the Cantina di Valpantena is now one of Italys best co operatives,

who are the descendants of the Scottish Stutt family

fresh and focused with a delineated finish

Pedro Ribeiro and Luis Duarte (who is responsible for some of the finest wines to come from the Alentejo) this landscape yields some of the richest

and fairly cool nights enabled slow ripening that pushed the start of the harvests back to the end of September

Vintage OverviewA year noted as the first since records began

The company was founded by Claude Serra (the "S") and Daniel Orsolini (the "O") in 2005

preserving a typicity that is marked from its deepest roots

Only limited amounts of Connemara 12 Year Old are made each year

its ideal pairing

They have an elegance

Each of the plots is hand-harvested and then the lees are fermented and aged separately in French oak barrels

AROMA There is a maturity with a touch of floral freshness for this cuvée