Zenato Valpolicella Superiore 2020

90 Points, James Suckling

Often time, I find that Valpolicella Superiore’s can get unnecessarily weighty with too much raisin flavors. That’s not the case at all here. This as bright and juicy as I reminder a VS being. It’s a beautiful, vibrant blend of 85% Corvina Veronese, 10% Rondinella, and 5% Corvinone. Everything works in perfect tandem here, with really good fruit and spice, and lots of balance and harmony. Suckling gave it a 90-point score and called it a “Good Superiore”. I think that hardly does this wine the justice it deserves.

Original price was: $20.00.Current price is: $16.50.

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90 Points, James Suckling

“Good Superiore. Polished and contemporary, without quite hitting the sour, red fruited notes of the better tradionalists. Shows dark fruit and reductive hints of violets and camphor, with well-managed grape tannins and oak.”

The Zenato family has always been at the forefront of innovation in Valpolicella and often at odds with both tradition and the authorities – pushing boundaries to make the best wines possible regardless of what they’re forced to put on the label.

But this passion project doesn’t make any financial sense whatsoever. It’s drawn from one of the most precious and expensive vineyards in the entire region – the Costalunga Estate – the same vineyard (and grapes) from which Zenato crafts their seventy dollar Amarone.

The vineyard is a special place – perfectly positioned above Lake Garda – basking in the reflections off the lake allowing generally late-harvested Corvina to reach perfection year in and year out.

 

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