Dal Forno Romano, Veneto Recioto, 1988 (1.5L) NET Perfect with grilled fish

Perfect with grilled fish

balancing the richness of the fruit

From Pauline Passot

Les Goudelettes sits on clay-limestone soils with white marl

This is Cornas that keeps its wild heart but wraps it in elegance—structured

Dal Forno Romano, Veneto Recioto, 1988 (1.5L) NET Perfect with grilled fishRecioto della Valpolicella is the original sweet wine of the Veneto, made from grapes dried for months until concentrated and raisined, and Romano Dal Forno makes it only in exceptional vintages with near fanatical precision. This is the 1988, in large format magnum, from a private collection, and it is fully mature. Nearly four decades have transformed the wine, trading primary sweetness for tertiary depth: dried fig, prune, leather, and bittersweet