Mabis, Valpolicella Classico Superiore, Ripasso, Valpolicella DOC

This wine is bursting with cherries on the nose, has great depth of flavour, a hint of sweetness from the ripasso dried grapes, silky smooth fruit and a long, rich velvety finish.

Hand picked and placed in wooden cases, either at dawn or at late in the evening, to avoid the intense heat of the day. Ripasso wines benefit from extra structure and fruit delivered by using the skins of the dried grapes. Aged in oak barrels for 12 months, with a light refinement in barriques.

The vineyards are on the hills around Verona at around 150 to 250 metres above sea level. The soil of Valpolicella Ripasso can generally be distinguished by either brown and red soil on silts or on loam rocks; compact red soil on basalt; or compact red soil on Eocene limestone. There is always a high calcareous concentration, with lots of stones in the first half metre of the ground.