Dal Forno Romano, Veneto Recioto Della Valpolicella, 1997 (375ml) so102824 test producing impossible-to-find wines of depth

producing impossible-to-find wines of depth

The grapes are whole-cluster pressed and fermented in concrete eggs

reserved for Manferrari's most meticulous bottlings

This is Italian white wine at its most characterful and food-native: bitter almond

more youthful tannins than the warmer 2011

Dal Forno Romano, Veneto Recioto Della Valpolicella, 1997 (375ml) so102824 test producing impossible-to-find wines of depthA unicorn from one of the Veneto's most obsessive estates. Romano Dal Forno reinvented Valpolicella from his property in Val d'Illasi, east of the Classico zone, with punishingly low yields and fanatical attention in cellar and vineyard. This Recioto is the sweet, dried grape expression: Corvina led fruit raisined on mats, then fermented to leave concentrated residual sugar. The 1997 is a benchmark vintage now fully mature, a wine to pour in small