Dal Forno Romano, Veneto Recioto, 1988 (1.5L) NET The lively

The lively

000 vines per hectare

like Burgundy

brooding Malbec

This patient approach develops complexity through time rather than oak

Dal Forno Romano, Veneto Recioto, 1988 (1.5L) NET The livelyRecioto 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