Valpolicella Classico  "Pojega"

Region: Veneto - Valpolicella.

Grape: 95% Corvina , 5% Corvinone
 
Alcohol Percent: 13%.

Ageing: french oak.

Production: 3,000 cases made.

Taste:   The wine has an intense ruby red color with a perfume of spices together with wild berry notes and a soft elegant flavor with a very lengthy finish. The wine should be enjoyed with richer foods and cheeses.

Description:  The grapes come from the family’s historic Pojega (Villa Rizzardi in Negrar) vineyard.
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 This wine is a Ripasso Superore. The Ripasso process is used to enhance the richness by mixing 100% of the wine with the Amarone Must after the fermentation.
      
 Awards:    Due  Bicchieri (2 glass): Gambero Rosso

Decanter Magazine, April 2007, p 41 “Margaret Rand’s Top New Valpolicellas:  Best Buys”

Guerrieri Rizzardi, Pojega Ripasso, Classico Superiore 2004, 5 stars
“Closet Tight and very long, with lots of perfume and plum skin fruit tucked inside great concentration.  Up to 2010.”