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Red Wine: Tommasi 2013 Valpolicella Ripasso, Italy

92 Points – $27

Ruby red with a nose of cedar and cherry. Raisin, tart cherry and black pepper notes.  Spicy finish.  Good for red meats and cheese.

Ripasso is the unique re-fermentation of Valpoicella Classico Superiore on the warm dried grape skins from which Tommasi Amarone has been pressed.

Tommasi Viticoltori Valpolicella - Ripasso- 2013

Name: Valpolicella Ripasso

Grape: Corvina/Rondinella/Molinara

Region: Veneto, Italy

Maker: Tommasi

Alcohol: 13%

Red Wine: Sottano 3S Reserva de Familia, 2008, Mendoza, Argentina.

92 Points – $29

Dark dusty red with a good nose of cherry, oak, mocha, tar and mincemeat. Full in flavour. Cherry, mincemeat and pepper with a furry long spicy finish. I wonder how this one will age. Very good stuff. One of the up and coming wineries from Argentina.

 

Red

Name: Sottano 3S Reserva de Familia

Grape: Cabernet Sauvignon

Region: Mendoza, Argentina

Maker: Bodega Sottano

Price: $29

Alcohol: 14.8%