Monte Santoccio - Valpolicella Ripasso 2019 (750ml)

 

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Producer	Monte Santoccio
Country	Italy
Region	Veneto
Subregion	Fumane
Varietal	Corvina,  Corvinone,  Rondinella,  Molinara.
Vintage	2019
Sku	00028
Size	750ml

Monte Santoccio Valpolicella Ripasso 2019 

Winemaker learned to make amarone training under Giuseppe Quintarelli, the greatest producer of Amarone! 

The greatest producer all-time of Amarone is Giuseppe Quintarelli. Quintarelli’s Amarones are as good as it gets, go search for them, you can’t even touch the wines right now under $500 a bottle. His Valpolicella sells for well over $100.  Quinterelli did pass away back in 2012, however, Nicola Ferrari is picking up where Quinterelli left off. Nicola was Quinterelli’s right hand man prior to passing, he was like his shadow both in the vineyard as well as in the winery paying close attention to the formula for making top quality Amarone. After Quinterelli’s passing, Nicola purchased a 3 hectare vineyard in the finest area within the Veneto, Fumane. The name of the winery is Monte Santoccio.

Monte Santoccio’s wines were reviewed by the London Telegraph, and they raved about the wines and labeled Nicola Quinterelli’s “Eloquent Successor”

"They are gorgeous. Real thinking wines – beautiful, intelligent artefacts, filled with the taste of sweet-sour amarena cherries, sap, dried fruit and a very gentle tinge of old wood...The wines are made by Nicola Ferrari, a young winemaker who spent 11 years working in the cellar alongside the legendary Giuseppe Quintarelli...Judging by the two wines I have tasted (see below), Nicola Ferrari is an eloquent successor to his master, but if he has benefited from learning techniques (such as long lees-ageing) at his elbow, he’s also making wines in his own style, not copycats."

Winemaker Notes: Deep ruby red color. Clean, intense and complex aroma of plum and cherries, smooth tannins and long finish.

Pair with traditional dishes like risotto all’amarone, pasta e fasoi, beef, horse meat and cheeses like Parmiggiano Reggiano and Monte Veronese.