Valpolicella Superiore DOC Ripasso

The Valpolicella Superiore Ripasso from Santa Sofia shows what the Ripasso method can extract from the classic Valpolicella grape varieties: Corvina, Corvinone, and Rondinella ferment a second time on the pomace of the Amarone — the result is a red wine with significantly more body, depth, and structure than a simple Valpolicella.

Santa Sofia is one of the established houses in the Valpolicella zone east of Lake Garda, a region where the Ripasso tradition has been firmly anchored for decades. The process itself is not a trick, but a craft: the finished wine absorbs color, tannins, and residual sugar through contact with the Amarone pomace, developing its own unique characteristics.

On the nose, pickled cherries, dried summer flowers, and licorice. On the palate, fresh and dry with velvety-round tannins and well-integrated alcohol — not a heavy, opulent style, but a balanced wine with a clear structure and pleasant length.

Pairs with braised lamb, salumi platters, or pasta al ragù. Serving temperature: 16–18 °C.