Description
95
James Suckling
Review Date: 11/2015
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Amazing aromas of dried fruits, burnt orange and walnut skin. Full-bodied, chewy and very rich and dry, with wonderful tannin-fruit tension. It’s layered, textured and complex. A triumph.
95
Wine Advocate
Review Date: 05/2017
The 2010 Valpolicella Superiore Monte Lodoletta is more precise and focused compared to the 2011 edition that I tasted at the estate at the same time. This was not an easy vintage in Valpolicella compared to other parts of Italy that enjoyed a classic growing season. Instead, this Northern corner of Italy suffered from heavy rains and some hail damage. Overall yields were lower as a result. But the wine sings in terms of its brightness and aromatic intensity today. The expressive bouquet covers all the bases from black fruit to spice to drying mineral or flint. All of these elements conspire to bring robust flavors together with smooth and seamless transitions. (ML)
92
Wine Spectator
Review Date: 10/2016
Leather, spice, violet and smoke aromas and flavors are an aromatic entry for this expressive red, wafting through notes of plumped black cherry, underbrush and smoky mineral. Firm and dense, but with an overall sense of finesse to the marriage of structure and flavor. Drink now through 2025. (AN)
Notes
Daniele Cernilli (DoctorWine) gives this beauty 93 points and has this to say: “A blend of 70% Corvina and Corvina Grosso, 20% Rondinella and the rest Croatina and Oseleta the grapes for which raisinated for 40 days. The wine aged in barriques and has a compact, ruby color. The aroma is dominated by dark fruit, pulpy cherry and other red fruits, spice, pepper, cacao and smoky sensations. The mouthfeel is dry and elegant, fine and juicy, with thick and velvety tannins ahead of a long finish full of spice and hay sensations.” (3/2016)
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