This is red wine from the Bardolino region. It is in northern Italy and is 19 miles from Verona and about 90 miles from Milan. The wine is made of three native grapes...corvina, rondinella and molinara. These are grapes that are probably not as familiar to American wine drinkers as sangiovese, but this is a great blend.
The color of the wine is a dark ruby. The aromas are all red and black cherry with some nutty overtones.
The flavors continue the aroma profile, but I also detect some spice that rounds out the profile quite nicely. The tannins are very well integrated and the alcohol at 12.5% never overpowers the fruit.
I have never had a wine from Bardolino, but I will be looking for wines from this region in the future. This is one of the most approachable and easy to drink Italian reds I have ever had. We had this for dinner with lasagna and it was perfect.
I believe this price point is in the mid-teens.
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