Nino Negri Valtellina Superiore Quadrio 2016

The Nino Negri Quadrio Valtellina Superiore DOCG opens with a bouquet of dark berry fruit beautifully intermingled with baking spice. It’s a fabulous aroma that also features some nice floral touches. Licorice and mint round it out nicely and we haven’t even take a sip yet. Doing so does not disappoint as this is a beauty of a wine. It’s smooth and savory with all the flavors from the nose combining beautifully in the mouth as well. Fine, slightly grippy tannins lead into the dry, really long, complex finish. Licorice and more berry fruit linger for quite a while after taking a sip. 

With a dark garnet-red color, the wine shows distinctive, fine aromas of small fruits, raspberry preserves, roses and violets, with an herbal note. In the mouth, the wine has full, lively tart fruit flavors, elegant tannins and a lingering aftertaste, with traces of prunes and toasty oak.