Red Wine • Corvina, Corvinone, Rondinella, Molinara, Croatina
Tasting Notes
Pairs With
ColorRuby red
NoseFresh, fruit nose with cherry notes black-cherryblackberryraisin
FlavorSoft with balanced acidity
Veneto At a Glance
Region NameVeneto
Veneto is an important wine region in the northeastern corner of Italy. In terms of geography, culture, and wine styles, it represents a transition between the alpine, Germano-Slavic end of Italy and the warmer, drier, more Roman lands to the south.
Score: 88Vintage 2022Vinous MediaThe 2022 Valpolicella Classico wafts up with a perfumed blend of dried flowers, minty herbs and crushed stone. It's juicy in character, displaying crisp wild berry fruits and an herbal thrust. This tapers off juicy and with medium length, leaving rosy inner florals to linger.Shelf TalkerFull Page Review
Score: 89Vintage 2021Vinous MediaThe 2021 Valpolicella Classico is wickedly fresh, with crushed rocks and peppery florals giving way to lavender-tinged strawberries. It's softly textured with a salty flourish up front leading to mineral-tinged cherries. This tapers off savory yet fresh, leaving spice hints lingering.Shelf TalkerFull Page Review
Score: 89Vintage 2020Wine EnthusiastAromas of red-skinned berries, baking spice and underbrush form the nose. The light-bodied, juicy palate features raspberry, clove and orange zest alongside round tannins and fresh acidity. It's made to be drunk young so enjoy soon.Shelf TalkerFull Page Review
Score: 87Vintage 2019Wine AdvocateHere's an easy wine to pair with a platter of ricotta-filed ravioli or maybe a mushroom risotto. The Le Salette 2019 Valpolicella Classico is smooth and streamlined, with a tonic and bright personality that is shaped by sour cherry, rose and aromas of wild berry or forest fruit. There are distant dustings of spice and licorice root as well. This is a drinkable but stripped-down blend of traditional Valpolicella grapes.Shelf TalkerFull Page Review
Score: 87Vintage 2019Vinous MediaThe 2019 Valpolicella Classico is a pure and lifted effort that shows peppery florals up front, along with wild strawberries, geranium and hints of wet stone. It’s soft in texture with ripe red fruits supported by juicy acids. This tapers off clean and focused, revealing a hint of savory herbs.Shelf TalkerFull Page Review
Score: 88Vintage 2018Wine EnthusiastThis has aromas evoking red-skinned berry, cinnamon and tobacco. The lively, light-bodied palate offers raspberry jam, star anise and clove alongside smooth tannins and fresh acidity. Enjoy soonShelf TalkerFull Page Review
Score: 87Vintage 2017Wine AdvocateA blend of Corvina and Corvinone (70%) with Rondinella, Croatina and Molinara, the 2017 Valpolicella Classico sees no appassimento and no contact with wood. In this manner, it maintains its fresh, easy and fruit-driven approach. You get a touch of extra sweetness and darkness thanks to the hot-vintage conditions. This is an easy-drinker to pair with a simple pasta. Some 55,000 bottles were made.Shelf TalkerFull Page Review
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