Excellent Selection Cangrande Valpolicella Ripasso

Valpolicella Ripasso has extra fullness because it ferments twice. With the rich taste of ripe cherry, spices, and chocolate. Delicious with pasta and strong cheese. Color, taste: red, robust Grape variety: corvina, rondinella, molinara Country, region: Italy, Veneto Good with: Pasta, Cheese Awarded: De Grote Hamersma 8.5 For the AH Excellent Selection, the wine buyers of Albert Heijn search worldwide for special wines. An AH Excellent Selection wine has something extra to tell. With this Ripasso, it lies in the way the wine is made. A Ripasso ferments twice. Right after the harvest, the regular Valpolicella is made first. When that wine is ready, the winemaker adds the skins of dried grapes used for Amarone. Then the second fermentation begins, during which extra color and flavor are drawn from those skins. Because of this, Valpolicella Ripasso tastes fuller, richer, and stronger. This is a wine to enjoy at your leisure, simply as a glass on its own or with pasta with a thick (meat) sauce.