2008 Allegrini Palazzo della Torre Red Wine 750ml

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Wine Spectator Top 100: 2011 #60! What Allegrini affectionately refers to as their "baby Amarone" is more approachable with its pleasant fruity character with raisin-like qualities. Pairs well with a wide range of first courses, including full-flavored pasta and risotto dishes. Also enjoy with roasts such as veal, turkey and lamb, as well as with grilled meats such as barbequed chicken, steak or sausages. Excellent with hard and semi-hard cheeses.

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Ratings 92JS 90WS

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2008 Allegrini Palazzo della Torre Red Wine ENLARGE

2008 Allegrini Palazzo della Torre Red Wine 750ml

This blend of 70% Corvina Veronese, 25% Rondinella and 5% Sangiovese is a smooth, full bodied cru made in an innovative ripasso style. After the harvest, the grapes from the Palazzo della Torre vineyard follow two different paths: 70% of the grapes picked are vinified immediately, and the remaining 30% are left to dry until the end of December. The fresh juice obtained at harvest is blended with the juice for the dried grapes, initiating a second fermentation, and rendering a more highly concentrated and complex wine.

JAMES SUCKLING RATING: 92

JAMES SUCKLING REVIEW: I always love this red from the Veneto area. I think of it as a super Valpolicella. It's a very velvety red, with plenty of soft and ripe fruit from blackberries to blueberries. Full and round, it goes on for minutes. Juicy. Drink now.

WINE SPECTATOR RATING: 90

WINE SPECTATOR REVIEW: This sleek, polished red offers juicy blackberry and black fruit flavors, backed by refined tannins and well-integrated acidity. Hard to stop sipping. Corvina Veronese, Rondinella and Sangiovese. Drink now through 2020. 26,000 cases imported.