crafting site-driven wines with a sharp focus on structure and precision
emphasizing purity and minerality
exotic flowers and spices are supported by a framework of cinchona bark and bitter root extracts
pioneers in elevating Barbera and Moscato alike
Dal Forno Romano, Veneto Recioto, 1988 (1.5L) so081425 new summer arrivals crafting site-driven wines with aRecioto della Valpolicella is the original sweet wine of the Veneto, made from grapes dried for months until concentrated and raisined, and Romano Dal Forno makes it only in exceptional vintages with near fanatical precision. This is the 1988, in large format magnum, from a private collection, and it is fully mature. Nearly four decades have transformed the wine, trading primary sweetness for tertiary depth: dried fig, prune, leather, and bittersweet