A well-priced Ripasso with lots of flavour. Deep ruby colour with a nose of cherries and evident oak.

Ripe plum and black cherry flavours are carried on lively acidity within a firm structure.

Fabiano Valpolicella Ripasso Classico Superiore, 2010, Veneto, Italy, $17.95. LCBO #338350

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