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Dal Forno Romano, Veneto Recioto, 1988 (375ml)

Dessert Wine from Veneto, Italy
by Dal Forno Romano
$239.00
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Recioto della Valpolicella is the Veneto's classic sweet red, made from grapes dried for months into raisins before fermenting, and Romano Dal Forno crafts it only in exceptional years with obsessive care. This half-bottle of the 1988 comes from a private collection and is fully mature. Nearly four decades in, the wine has traded fresh sweetness for tertiary complexity: dried fig, prune, leather, and dark chocolate. A small-format treasure for a single special occasion. Drink it now. Provenance from a private cellar.

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Robert Parker

96 points

"The 1988 Recioto is a mindboggling effort from Dal Forno Romano. After the grapes were air-dried for six months on straw mats, this wine was aged three years in 100% new French oak casks. Although outrageously expensive, it represents the essence of this style of wine. It is off-dry rather than sweet, with a dark garnet color, and a nose of smoke, prunes, over-ripe plums, hickory wood, and chocolate. Extremely full-bodied and exceptionally rich, with some residual sugar, this wine has been blazingly well-defined by its sojourn in new oak casks. Remarkably, the wine has soaked up its eighteen months in new oak as there is not a hint of vanillin or pain grille notes in either its aromas or flavors. This legendary Recioto should drink well for 2-3 decades." —Robert M. Parker, Jr.

More about Dal Forno Romano

Wine Details

  • Grape Variety

    Corvina , Molinara , Rondinella

  • Vintage

    1988

  • Size

    375ml

  • Farming Practice

    Traditional

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Tasting Notes & Food Pairings

Perfect Pairings

Aged hard cheeses, dark chocolate, dried fruit and nuts, or sipped alone after a meal.

Tasting Profile

Mature sweet red with dried fig, prune, leather, and bittersweet chocolate. The sweetness has softened over decades into a savory, layered whole.

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