Wine Tommasi, Recioto della Valpolicella DOC Classico "Fiorato", 2015, 375 ml
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Tasting Notes
The color of wine - intense ruby red.
The wine has a rich, velvety taste, a scheme which is dominated by shades of juicy cherries, plums, licorice and spices. Sweet base blends with well integrated tannins and balanced acidity.
The aroma of the wine shows rich palette, fascinating for its cleanliness, gentle sweetness and intensity. The bouquet of red fruit notes are felt, raisins and prunes, light nuances of cloves.
Wine is the perfect dessert drink that can be successfully combined with pastries, biscuits, fruit desserts and dried fruits.
Interesting Facts
One of the best wines of Tommasi is unique "Forato" Recioto della Valpolicella Classico. This extraordinary wine is made from three grape varieties grown on a tiny area called Forato in the town of San Pietro in Karia. Forato located in the uppermost part of the vineyards Tommasi and before there were planted the first vines, each of them have passed the strict breeding selection. Every year the vines are cut much, so are born small harvests of the highest quality, ideal for the production of Recioto. The main feature of the production of wine is that before sending in the winepress grapes for 5 months dried naturally. This allows the grapes to acquire new delicious flavors and a deep, rich flavor with a high sugar content. Additional complexity and piquancy wine gets during a 12-month aging in small barrels of Slavonian oak volume of 5 hectoliters.
Family group Tomazzi Vitikoltori was founded in 1902, when Giacomo Tommasi purchased his first vineyard. Over a century of history from a small family business company has evolved into a major producer, owns 135 acres of excellent land in the best wine region of Italy - Veneto. Of particular note is the fact that Tommasi makes wine only from grapes grown on their own lands, and their unique taste they acquire through the specifics of soil represented by limestone, as well as local grape varieties that best reflect the characteristics of the terroir. Today, skillfully combining in his work of traditional and modern winemaking techniques, Tommasi produces elegant wines, which annually receives high marks such respected publications as: Gambero Rosso (Italy), Wine Spectator (USA), Decanter (UK), Wine Enthusiast (USA) . In 2001 the company won the title Tommasi "The best wine house Italy."
