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Allegrini Valpolicella Classico - $120.00

Wine Details

Vintage: 1996
Price: $120.00
Producer: Allegrini
Region: Valpolicella Classico
Varietal: Corvina Veronese
Container Size: 750 ML
Flavors:
  • Red Wine
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Product Description

  • This youthful, medium-bodied wine is brilliant ruby red in colour, with a fresh, cherryish perfume. It has a moderate alcohol level. Made from Corvina Veronese, Rondinella and Molinara grapes, the wines fruity perfume is maximised using a short maceration during the winemaking process. Although best drunk young, to enjoy its aromatic quality to the full, it will age for 2 - 3 years.

Expert Ratings

Ratings   Vintage Source Flavors
WineSpectator - 83 Details: Clean and crisp young wine, with black cherry and berry character. Drink now. 25,200 cases made. –JC 2005 WineSpectator
WineSpectator - 83 Details: A light, young Valpo with bright plum and fresh herb character. Fresh, fruity and crisp. Drink now. 25,600 cases made. –JS 2002 WineSpectator herb, plum
WineSpectator - 85 Details: Fruity Valpolicella, with cherry and berry character. Fresh, medium palate, with light tannins and a clean finish. Drink now. 24,120 cases made. –JS 2001 WineSpectator berry, cherry
Tanzer - 89 Details: ($75) Deep, dark ruby-black color. Port-like aromas of chocolate and cherries macerated in alcohol, with complicating notes of plum, black pepper and game. Rich and suave in the mouth; fat, sweet and fruit-driven, with a touch of cedary oak adding interest to the flavors of smoky plum and blackcurrant. Ultimately, though, the wine's strong tannins detract somewhat from its pleasure factor today, though they're likely to resolve with some bottle aging. 2001 Tanzer black pepper, cherries, chocolate, game, oak, plum, smoky
WineSpectator - 80 Details: Very plummy aromas, with an almost stewed fruit character. Medium-bodied, lightly fruity palate and a cooked cherry aftertaste. Drink now. 20,850 cases made. –JS 2000 WineSpectator blueberry, chocolate, grapey
WineSpectator - 83 Details: A good, clean Valpo, with cherry and berry character, light body and a fresh, fruity aftertaste. Drink now. 20,000 cases made. –JS 1999 WineSpectator berry, cherry
Tastings - 82 Details: Brilliant, saturated ruby-purple hue. Fresh, grapey blueberry and chocolate nose. A lean entry leads to an angular, medium-bodied palate with good grip. A fresh quaffer. Drink now 1999 Tastings chocolate, jammy, spicy
WineSpectator - 94 Details: Unctuous red. Fabulous aromas of black tea bags, with hints of fruit. Full-bodied and super thick, with loads of ripe fruit and a long, sweet fruit finish. Like drinking a top-class young Vintage Port. Drink now. 1,130 cases made. –JS 1998 WineSpectator ripe fruit, tea
WineSpectator - 86 Details: A delicious Valpo for the price. Very grapey and fresh-tasting, with medium body, good fruit, fresh acidity and a clean finish. Quite tasty. Drink now. 25,000 cases made. –JS 1998 WineSpectator grapey
WineSpectator - 88 Details: Lovely, bright and clean berry character, with medium body, medium sweet character and a medium finish. A beauty. Best after 2002. 1,900 cases made. –JS 1997 WineSpectator berry
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Food Pairings

Category Pairing
Red Meat Proscuitto & Serrano Ham
Pasta & Grains Pasta with Meat & Tomato Sauce
Vegetables Tomato Mozzarella Basil
Spicy Food Mexican & South American

Wine Terms

Name Value
Italy Makes nearly as much wine as France, but lags behind in their classification system. As a result, Italian wine isn’t taken as seriously as French wine. Most Italian wine is made from native grape varieties that don’t grow well elsewhere, such as Nebbiolo and Sangiovese. The most important regions are Piedmont, where Barolo and Barbaresco dominate, Tuscany, home to Chianti, Montepulciano, and the Super-Tuscans (a collection of relatively new reds), and the Northeastern region, where you’ll find Soave, Valpolicella, and Bardolino. Italy’s soils and climates are varied and ideally suited for viticulture, from the Alpine foothills in the north to the Mediterranean coast in the South. Its hilly landscape provides sun and cooler temperatures, even in the warmest regions. Italy has two categories of fine wines. DOCG, which means regulated and guaranteed place name, refers to a small group of elite wines. DOB wines are those with regulated (but not guaranteed) place names. A lower tier of table wines are grouped into IGT wines, which indicate the location on the label, and ordinary table wines, which carry no geographical indication except, “Italy.”
Valpolicella This important red-wine region in Veneto ranks just after Chianti for Italy's total DOC red-wine production. The wine is made primarily from Corvina, Rondinella, and Molinara grapes, although four other varieties can comprise up to 15 percent of the blend. Valpolicella's standard DOC wines are rather light and very fragrant and fruity. Those labeled superiore have a higher minimum alcohol content and are aged for a minimum of 1 year. The best wines are generally those labeled classico, which indicates that they come from the steeply terraced vineyards of the inner classico zone.
Veneto The home of some of Italy’s most famous wines, this area in the Northeastern quadrant of Italy produces Soave, Valpolicella and Prosecco.

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