Le Salette CA'CARNOCCHIO 2016

While intense and fruit-forward, the 2016 Rosso Veronese Ca' Carnocchio is also remarkably pretty. The bouquet mixes fresh roses and violets with crushed cherries, strawberries and hints of clove. It’s silky and pliant, offering soothing, textural red berry fruits that give way to sweet mint and hints of pipe tobacco.

A subtle coating of tannins lingers under an air of licorice and autumnal spices. While a bit of the oak treatment currently comes through on the nose, the balance here is on point. The Ca' Carnocchio is a blend of traditional Valpolicella varieties that undergoes a similar yet shorter drying process than Le Salette’s Amarone.