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Centenero

Centenero
2022 1908, Valpolicella Ripasso DOC

Pair this wine with:
Beef Pork

Category: Veneto Valpolicella

Date Tasted:
Country: Italy
Alcohol: 13.5% RS: .67%
89 Points
Silver Medal
Highly Recommended
$19

Centenero
2022 1908, Valpolicella Ripasso DOC

Pair this wine with:
Beef Pork

Category: Veneto Valpolicella

Date Tasted:
Country: Italy
Alcohol: 13.5% RS: .67%
Garnet black color. Earthy, floral, sourish, perfumed aromas of fig, blackberry, cola, and violets with a lean, vibrant, dry medium-to-full body and a warming, delightful, medium-length blackberry, fennel, beets, and orange oil finish with light oak flavor. A fresh and fruity red wine with lingering notes of dried fruit and savory spices.

Tasting Info

Wine Glass Style: Fruity & Quaffable
Aroma Aroma: fig, blackberry, cola, and violets
Taste Flavor: blackberry, fennel, beets, and orange oil
Sweetness Sweetness: Fruity
Enjoy Enjoy: Now-3 years on its own and with food
Recipes Pairing: Duck Pastrami, BBQ Brisket, Souvlaki
Bottom Line Bottom Line: A fresh and fruity red wine with lingering notes of dried fruit and savory spices.

The Producer

CIELO E TERRA S.P.A.

The Producer

Veneto Valpolicella

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Serve in a Zinfandel Wine Glass
Valpolicella is a red wine produced from the eponymous district near the town of Verona in Italy's Veneto region. It is a blended red made with at least two grapes - Corvina and Rondinella - although it may be made from several more grapes such as Molinara, Corvinone and Dindarella.

Valpolicella tends to have moderate tannins, so it can be consumed at a fairly young age. It also has good acidity, meaning it can age; while some lighter examples of Valpolicella peak at five years of age, a well made Valpolicella can drink well after a decade or more.

Along with red cherry and plum fruit, a typical Valpolicella has a pleasant spicy quality with notes of cumin, cedar and cinnamon. Pair these wines with hearty preparations, including game birds, stews and roasts.

The Valpolicella name is also used for two other wines from this district, both made with the same red grapes. One is Amarone della Valpolicella, a powerful red wine made from naturally dried grapes; this wine can age for three of four decades in the best instances. The other is a luscious sweet wine called Ripasso della Valpolicella, also made from dried grapes, but with fermentation halted to retain some degree of residual sugar.

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