Delicious valpo classico, hitting that versatile, apposite sweet spot between a lighter-weighted red, or a richer rosato. The sort of space inhabited by wines that most wine drinkers (rather than collectors) rejoice in. Cru Beaujolais, lighter grenache, Jura and so forth. Macerated strawberry doused with thyme, mint and marjoram, compressed ever so slightly by well-placed tannic astringency, crushed-musk brightness and noble amaro bitterness. Damn, I could drink a great deal of this. Drink now.

Raspberry tart, dried thyme, mandarin orange peel and balsamico notes are bright and brambly in this creamy, easy-drinking red. Corvina and Rondinella. Drink now. 5,000 cases made, 400 cases imported.??–AN??Region: Italy / Valpolicella Classico Select to Add

Here's an easy wine to pair with a platter of ricotta-filed ravioli or maybe a mushroom risotto. The Le Salette 2019 Valpolicella Classico is smooth and streamlined, with a tonic and bright personality that is shaped by sour cherry, rose and aromas of wild berry or forest fruit. There are distant dustings of spice and licorice root as well. This is a drinkable but stripped-down blend of traditional Valpolicella grapes.

A bright, easy-drinking red, offering candied cherry and strawberry fruit flavors laced with lavender, spice and smoke notes. Drink now. 5,000 cases made, 250 cases imported.??–AN??Region: Italy / Valpolicella Classico Select to Add

A blend of Corvina and Corvinone (70%) with Rondinella, Croatina and Molinara, the 2017 Valpolicella Classico sees no appassimento and no contact with wood. In this manner, it maintains its fresh, easy and fruit-driven approach. You get a touch of extra sweetness and darkness thanks to the hot-vintage conditions. This is an easy-drinker to pair with a simple pasta. Some 55,000 bottles were made.