Cicilio Valpolicella Ripasso Classico Superiore Corvina Blend

The 2023 Degani ‘Ciciolo’, Valpolicella Ripasso shows an almost-opaque shade of black cherry that brightens on the edges. The nose, as it breathes, is ripe with deep and rich, smoked cherry tobacco that softly opens onto another plane of intensity, but this wine is much about the finish.

The palate is rich, lush, and loaded with all kinds of levels of texture, and the finish follows all of that up gracefully.