Giuseppe Quintarelli Valpolicella Veneto 2015 Size:Regular concentrated berries offset by restrained

concentrated berries offset by restrained spicy oak notes

but he’d get quintessential SCHAEFER wine

Given its excellent distillation

while minerality (think rain on river stones) provides balance

Giuseppe Quintarelli Valpolicella Veneto 2015 Size:Regular concentrated berries offset by restrainedHalf of the fruit is dried for two months, before six years in barrel. This is a sumptuous wine, with the gritty extract conferred by the dried fruit component, albeit, with greater red fruited levity, floral lilt, freshness and drinkability than the Amarone. A tight corset of tannins massages pithy red cherry, lilac, anise and a whiff of balsamic into a meld of graceful poise, effusive energy and joy. The crunchy length, contagious.