Pietro Clementi Valpolicella Classico Superiore Ripasso 2020 Rose if not decades before opening

if not decades before opening a bottle

south of Terrevive’s home commune of Modena

loaded with powerful meaty notes

fermented spontaneously

This version of the famous Savagnin (the grape in the Jura responsible for the great Château Chalon and the full range of Vin Jaunes) does not share the oxidative notes of its cousin from the Jura

Pietro Clementi Valpolicella Classico Superiore Ripasso 2020 Rose if not decades before openingDeveloped in the early 1980s, the ripasso method yields what effectively is a baby Amarone: in January or February following harvest, the newborn wine is augmented with the unpressed skins and solids of the recently fermented Amarone, which impart some of their flavors and textures to the wine and boost its alcohol level by 1. 5 to 2%. A selection of some of the best lots picked for the Classico Superiore, Clementis Ripasso spends two years in 30