Valpolicella Classico Superiore Capitel dei Nicalò 2000

Tedeschi (Italy)

Corvina (30%), Corvinone (30%), Rondinella (30%), Molinara, Rossignola, Oseleta, Negrara, Dindarella (10%)
Red Wine	Score: ✧✧✧✧

The wine shows a firm ruby red color, moderate transparency. The nose reveals a pleasing and clean olfactory profile, mainly of fruit, with intense and good aromas of black cherry, plum jam, raspberry, blueberry, vanilla and violet and hints of menthol. In the mouth denotes an excellent balance and a good correspondence to the nose, with intense and good flavors, agreeable tannins well balanced by alcohol. The finish is persistent with good flavors of black cherry and plum. This wine is produced by macerating skins and a fermentation of 14 days following by an aging in casks for 18-24 months and for 6 months in bottle.
Alcohol: 12.5%
Roasted meat, Broiled meat and barbecue, Hard cheese, Stuffed pasta
Suggested glass	17 °C (62 °F)
(Bodied or Mature Red Wines)
March 2003