Dal Forno Romano, Veneto Recioto, 1988 (1.5L) NET balancing the richness of the

balancing the richness of the fruit

This patient approach develops complexity through time rather than oak

This is Cornas that keeps its wild heart but wraps it in elegance—structured

these Narbantons parcels

Les Goudelettes sits on clay-limestone soils with white marl

Dal Forno Romano, Veneto Recioto, 1988 (1.5L) NET balancing the richness of theRecioto 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