Dal Forno Romano, Valpolicella Superiore Vigneto Monte Lodoletta, 2014 moving_liquidation on the lees

on the lees

allowing the grapes to develop fresh acidity and vibrant fruit character while maintaining balance and elegance

Already well established in the Dundee Hills

with distinct stoniness and a lovely herbaceous quality we find in fine Portuguese wines

no-fuss introduction to one of the Barossa's most storied estates

Dal Forno Romano, Valpolicella Superiore Vigneto Monte Lodoletta, 2014 moving_liquidation on the leesRomano Dal Forno turned Valpolicella from an easy weeknight red into one of Italy's most obsessive wines, and Monte Lodoletta is where he does it. Corvina led, farmed at punishing yields, partly dried before fermentation and then given years in barrel, this is a wine built on a scale that has nothing to do with the Valpolicella of your average pizza night. 2014 was cool and rainy in the Veneto, a genuinely difficult year, and Dal Forno's fanatical