Sella San Cassiano Valpolicella Ripasso 2018
This wine's an award winner...
Bronze Medal
Decanter World Wine Awards 2021
Sella San Cassiano Valpolicella Ripasso 2018
This wine's an award winner...
Bronze Medal
Decanter World Wine Awards 2021
About the wine
Imagine a love child between Appassimento and a £50 bottle of Amarone, and you're getting close
- It takes a master winemaker to make a complex wine like this, so when our Winemaker of the Year, Stefano, heard we were looking for a Valpolicella genius, he didn't hesitatate in tipping us off to his good friend Mirko. When Mirko sent over some samples of the wine, our search was over.
- Mirko's luxurious Valpolicella Ripasso has that rich, generous, dark plummy fruit, but as it opens up you really taste the complexity and elegance. It’s silky smooth and packed with blackberry pie flavours. The finish is long and satisfying, and all rounded off by a lick of yummy oak.
- Made from the same grape varieties as Amarone and using very similar techniques in the cellar, Mirko's Ripasso has all the big hitting flavour and effortless class of a £50 bottle of Amarone. And all the while you can drink safe in the knowledge you're not busting the bank.
Best before
Drink now to 2024
Serving advice
Open 1-2 hours before serving, best served without decanting
Food match
Traditionally paired with red meat or cheese - an excellent foodie wine
Contains sulphites
Always check the label
Italy
Veneto
Corvina Blend
Smooth Red
14.5% ABV
75cl
Vegan
Vegetarian
Wine profile
Meet the winemaker - Mirko Sella
- When we asked Angels what was on their shopping list for 2021, the response was a resounding 'more Italian reds please'! Your request for something rich, flavourful and deluxe caught the attention of Winemaker of the year and all round hero, Stefano di Blasi, who knew just the man for the job.
- That man? Mirko Sella, head winemaker at San Cassiano, a family owned winery in Italy's Valpolicella region. His whole winemaking life has been dedicated to making authentic wines for San Cassiano - with 20 harvests under his belt, this definitely isn't his first rodeo.
- This is super small production, boutique winemaking in all its glory. They are currently a 5 person strong team that includes Mirko, his wife Frederica, and his father Gino - and the real kicker? They do everything by hand. The results do not dissapoint, Mirko's reds are intensly flavoursome and easy-drinking, with all the tannic complexity and general Oomf! you could ask for.
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