Cirò Rosso Classico Superiore Riserva Ripe del Falco 1991

Ippolito (Italy)

Gaglioppo
Red Wine	Score: ✧✧✧✧✭

This wine shows a brilliant ruby red color and nuances of brick red, moderate transparency. The nose reveals intense, clean, pleasing, refined and elegant aromas which start with hints of plum jam and black cherry jam followed by aromas of cherry macerated in alcohol, blueberry jam, dried violet, vanilla, tobacco, licorice, leather, cocoa, cinnamon, mace and black pepper. The mouth has good correspondence to the nose, a tannic attack and appreciable crispness, however balanced by alcohol, full body, intense flavors. The finish is persistent with flavors of plum jam and black cherry jam. A well made wine. Ripe del Falco ages for 12 months in barrique followed by a long aging in steel tanks.
Alcohol: 13.5%
Game, Roasted meat, Braised and stewed meat, Hard cheese
Suggested glass	18 °C (64 °F)
(Full Bodied and Very Mature Red Wines)
Issue 39, March 2006