This wine turned out to be a great find in a cool restaurant in Newburgh, New York. On the nose it had hints of vanilla and honey without being too overpowering. On the taste it was very well balanced with an oak medium finish and a herbaceous and dried fruit aftertaste. This wine is a Ripasso which is an Italian red wine from Valpolicella made by fermenting young wine with the unpressed but drained skins and lees left over from making Amarone. These wines are typically lighter (and cheaper) than Amarone and more flexible when it comes to combining with food. All together this was a very pleasant wine to drink with an autumn type meal. While this wine retails at 24 USD we paid 42 USD in a restaurant which is a decent deal keeping in mind that restaurants in the US typically triple the retail cost of bottles.
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