Zenato Recioto della Valpolicella Classico 2010
Editor Rating
- Rated 4.5 stars
- Outstanding
$69.00/500 ml
- Recioto della Valpolicella Classico, Veneto
- Reviewed by: Treve Ring
- Published on: February 14, 2017
- Last modified: February 14, 2017
Review Summary:
Recioto originates in “recia,” meaning ear, and describing the the top part of the bunches that enjoy the best sun exposure. Here Corvina, Rondinella and Oseleta are dried over 5 months and pressed at the end of February before a 3-week ferment in horizontal stainless tanks prior to 2 years in oak barriques. Burnished brown sugar, carmelized plums, dried figs, tobacco, hints of reduced balsamic, cardamom and old wood in this very sweet-meets-savoury Recioto della Valpolicella. Classically old-school and perfectly so, with well-placed, firm acidity lifting the concentrated fruit. Complex and alluring through a very lengthy finish. Take with a cheese plate or ripe figs and blue cheese.