Recioto della Valpolicella-Valpantena Spumante naturale riserva
Vintage
1971
Producer
Bertani
Appelation
Recioto della Valpolicella DOC
Grapes
Corvina, Rondinella, Molinara
Alc./vol.
13%
Other info
None
Price
368,- Dkr (0,72.L)
This is a bottle I have had lying around some years now,
not knowing what to expect. So I simply opened the bottle.
Fill was good, cork looked old but behaved as it should.
Colour was surprisingly still deep red and did not show
much age. The fizz here was almost gone, only a very slight
pirckle was left of the spumante. The nose was quite fruity
with hints of cherries, raisins, dried flowers and old wood.
Good body and surprisingly fruity in the mouth. Perhaps a
bit less concentration than you expect, but this wine
tasted actually young and fruity. Cherries, bitter-almonds,
raisins. Only a slight hint of old woody-flavours. Sweetness
has disappeared over the time and acids are good. Drier than
you would expect a recioto. Medium length and no tannins to
speak of. Very good, but perhaps mostly remarkable in it's
youthful fruit.