Valpolicella Ripasso Classico Superiore “Le Quare” 2020

Ruby red wine with purple highlights. Its bouquet is intense and complex and reminds of marasca cherry, cherry, raspberry, plum, pepper, pomegranate and vanilla. On the palate it is dry, warm, soft, fresh, with a well-present tannin.

The Ripasso matches perfectly with roasted or grilled meat and game. To be tasted also with cheese.

Best served at 15 – 18°C.

The winemaker and owner Martino Aldrighetti is in charge of the winery and the processes.

“Our wines including the Amarone are different to those of other winemakers because we only use natural yeasts in the fermenting process and not commercially produced yeasts. We produce unique and inimitable wines with thanks to the peculiarities of our land. When people taste or drink our wines, we want them to say 'This is Gamba' because they recognise the uniqueness of our wines -that is my dream" Says Martino.

The winery was set up in 2003 by the three brothers Giovanni, Giuseppe and Martino Aldrighetti in order to make their dreams come true.

They started to make wine by using only the grapes from their own vineyards, designing their own label “Gamba” which is actually the traditional family nickname.

The winery lies in the heart the Valpolicella Classica wine region and it owns 15 hectares of vineyards set out on terraces on the rolling hills at about 300 meters above sea level, Clayey and calcareous soil.

• Organic - Undergoing Conversion & Certification

Red | Still | 75cl | 14% ABV

Annual Production: 15,000 bottles.

Recognition: Vintage 2006 - Duemilavini Ais Bibenda 2011: 3/5, Decanter: 3*, Veronilli 2011: 87pts | Vintage 2007 – Luca Maroni: 86pts | Vintage 2008 - Duemilavini Ais Bibenda 2012: 3/5, Luca Maroni: 84pts, Veronilli 2011: 86pts | Vintage 2009 - Duemilavini Ais Bibenda 2011: 3/5 | Vintage 2011 - ViniBuoni d’Italia 2015: 3/5 | Vintage 2012 - ViniBuoni d’Italia 2016: 3/5 | Vintage 2017 - Antonio Galloni – Vinous: 89pts, Vitae La Guida Vini 2021: 89pts | Vintage 2018 - Duemilavini Ais Bibenda 2022: 4/5, Gambero Rosso: 2/3, Maroni 2022: 91pts, Veronilli 2022: 87pts

Cellaring: Drinking well now, will continue to develop for 8 to 10+ years.

Vinification: Destemming, crushing and temperature control during fermentation. The wine ageing in steel barrels and then some months in wood barrel.