Giuseppe Quintarelli Valpolicella Classico Superiore 2018 Esthers The Añejo Suave rests 20

The Añejo Suave rests 20 months in ex-bourbon barrels

farms a few hectares in Arlay at the center of the region and has since added parcels in Poligny

Use it as a functional substitute or addition to dry vermouth or dry sherry to add new depth to cocktails

Rising Tides balances 67% Grenache

Giuseppe Quintarelli Valpolicella Classico Superiore 2018 Esthers The Añejo Suave rests 20Almost nobody makes a Valpolicella like this: seven years in large Slavonian oak casks before release, longer than most estates age their Amarone. The Quintarelli family builds it from roughly 55% Corvina and Corvinone, 30% Rondinella and 15% of Cabernet Sauvignon, Nebbiolo, Croatina and Sangiovese, then re passes the young wine over the drained Amarone skins, the ripasso method, so the cellar's own yeasts start a second fermentation and the wine