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Recioto della Valpolicella Quintarelli Half 1995
HED1652
37.5 cl
14.5%
£345.00
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Recioto della Valpolicella Quintarelli 1995 is a sweet red wine from the Valpolicella DOC. This wine was made using dried grapes (appassimento style) by the late Giuseppe Quintarelli. This wine encapsulates the producer`s traditionalist philosophy. It delivers intense flavours of fig, raisin and dark chocolate, cut by a pristine acid line, creating a complex, long-lived dessert wine. The wine undergoes extended aging in large Slavonian oak barrels before release.
97 Robert Parker
There’s not too much I can say about the 1995 Recioto other than it is a stunning, unforgettable wine. It explodes from the glass with an array of heady, exotic black cherries, graphite, roasted coffee beans and spices. Endowed with an almost port-like richness, it offers phenomenal concentration and depth on the palate without ever giving the impression of heaviness. It, too, is a remarkable wine in every way and is not to be missed. Anticipated maturity. 2007-2025. - Antonio Galloni
95 Vinous
Ruby-red. Pleasantly sweet nose of red cherry, espresso, milk chocolate and rose petal, with hints of peach and apricot. Remarkably fresh and lively in the mouth, with the peach and apricot notes adding another dimension to the chocolatey-ripe red fruits. A powerful yet graceful wine of uncommonly layered complexity and silky sweetness. The delicately balsamic finish goes on and on. May well be Italy's best sweet red wine.Ian d'Agata1st March 2006
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The Quintarelli estate in the northern Veronese village of Negrar dates back to 1924 and was founded by Bepe’s father, Silvio. Bepe himself took over in the 1950s, orchestrating a quality revolution through his meticulous work in the vineyard and his uncompromising practices in the cellar. The result was wines of such hedonistic deliciousness that they became some of the most sought-after in Italy; those made before Bepe’s death in 2012 especially so.At the still family-run estate, Bepe’s legacy continues through his daughter, Fiorenza, along with her husband, Giampaolo, and their children. The core range of wines are those made in the appassimiento style (ie, with partially sun-dried grapes): the Valpolicella Superiore, Amarone, Rosso del Bepi (essentially an Amarone, but released instead of the Amarone in ‘lesser’ vintages) and Recioto. The Amarone, only released in exceptional years, is matured for fully seven years in old Slavonian oak before release. An Amarone Riserva sees 10 years.