CESARI MARA VINO DI RIPASSO vintage 2001

Have the 2003 at $16 a bottle..

While the affection for Amarone has slipped because of one nation’s foreign policy, it remains one of the world’s greatest wines. There are bottles available of straight Amarone, a slew of Ripasso (the second-tier Amarone-style wines) and indeed great white Veneto wines from Soave, all at improving prices for the consumer.

Amarone della Valpolicella is a wine so expensive and time-consuming to make that it is difficult to find a bad example of it.

Ripasso Della Valpolicella

AMARONE

Masi, Amarone della Valpolicella Classico Costesera 2001 (90), €40

Zenato, Amarone della Valpolicella Classico 2001 (90), €36

Zenato, Amarone della Valpolicella Classico Riserva 2000 (92), €60

Monte del Fra, Amarone Della Valpolicella 2000 (90), €40

Sergeo Alighieri, Vaio Armaron, Amarone Della Valpolicella 2000 (94), €65

VALPOLICELLA

Sergeo Alighieri, Valpolicella dell’ Anniversario 2001 (91), €36

Sagramoso, Valpolicella Ripasso 2003 (88), €18

Zenato, Valpolicella Ripasso 2003 (89), €20

Tommasi Valpolicella Ripasso 2003 (88), €18