Winery - San Rustico
* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
This is a very beautiful and compelling expression of Amarone that successfully weighs elegance against power. Harmonious aromas of mature fruit and spice are backed by thick density and long persistency.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
This vintage of San Rustico’s Amarone seems more closed and reserved compared to last year. You’ll get broad spice aromas and ripe cherry fruit, but the estate’s characteristic intensity is less evident. It’s an easy and genuine wine overall that will pair with lamb or pork.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
San Rustico’s Ripasso offers interesting aromas of ripe fruit, black mineral, slate roof, resin, maple syrup and cedar wood. The wine leaves a fresh but cheerful impression in the mouth and ends with easy cherry wood flavors. —M.L.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Recioto is a dark red dessert wine from northeast Italy that pairs with chocolate-based treats and spice cake. Indeed, aromas include clove, cinnamon, prune, blackberry pie and sweet pipe tobacco. The wine’s natural sweetness is backed by structure and fine tannins.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Founded in 1870, San Rustico has recently done a lot of work in the winery and vineyard to maintain a quality edge. This Amarone boasts great intensity and delicacy of aromas. You’ll get layers of apple, cherry cola, mint, blue flowers, licorice, raisin and almond. In the mouth, those flavors are lively and fresh and the mouthfeel is caressing and long-lasting.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
There’s a fun, chunky, slightly hefty quality to this wine, accented by blocky aromas of coffee, vanilla, poached cherries, cola, roasted chestnut and brown sugar. If you’re an Amarone purist, you might find these qualities muddled and lacking in grace. But if you love big, meaty wines that you can sink your teeth into, it’s for you. The mouthfeel is chewy, sticky and long lasting.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Vigneti del Gaso is a meaty and dense Ripasso with thick aromatic layers of beet root, plum, smoked ham, spice and black currant. It offers chewy succulence and great intensity and purity of fruit in the mouth. —M.L.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
This is a thin wine with light color and aromas of tealeaf, red berries and cranberries. It’s a tight and simple wine that could pair with take-out dinners or pizza.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
San Rustico’s ripasso offers dense fruit nuances with background notes of wet earth, smoked bacon, mesquite and exotic spice. More mature fruit notes appear in the mouth and the wine ends on a soft, round and sweet note. Imported by John Given Wines.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
San Rustico is a steady, quality-minded producer from Valpolicella and their newest Ripasso offers a very nice blend of chocolate, spice and red cherry aromas. In the mouth, the wine is rich and smooth with various points of fruity sweetness along the way.
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