Damoli Valpolicella Ripasso Classico Superiore

Why it's on our shelf

Ripasso is one of the most honest value propositions in Italian wine: the Valpolicella base wine is repassed over Amarone pomace, picking up the concentration and structure that the drying process creates — without the years of ageing or the weight of a full Amarone. Damoli Bruno's Giago does this correctly. Plum, black cherry, dried herbs, a hint of leather, a long vanilla finish. Three years in oak. It's the bottle you open when the weather turns and dinner takes all afternoon.

— Berthe & Moritz