The organic Pieropan 2018 Valpolicella Superiore Ruberpan is earthy, dark and brooding, and it has muscle and thick intensity. You get ripe fruit, dried cherry, baked plum, asphalt, tar and barbecue smoke. Earthy aromas serve to flush out the finish and add volume to the mouthfeel. There are hints of exotic spice and even some bitter chocolate in this blend of Corvina Veronese, Rondinella, Corvinone and Croatina Veronese. This is a 35,000-bottle production.