Here's a great wine to pair with pizza topped with spicy pepperoni or Italian sausage. The 2016 Valpolicella Ripasso Classico Superiore Lena di Mezzo shows the meaty thickness to match those heavier toppings as well as the acidic freshness needed to cut though the melted cheese and the sweetness of the dough. This Ripasso offers an easy progression of dark fruit aromas with some highlights of smoke, tar and spice. The blend is 80% Corvina and Corvinone with 20% Rondinella, and the wine ages in large oak casks for 18 months. Some 100,000 bottles were produced.