Valpolicella Ripasso

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Terroir

• Verona's foothills zone stretching from Lake Garda to the Vicenza border, shaped 'like an open hand'.
• Mild climate with Mediterranean influence on the lower hillsides and valley floors, sheltered by the Lessini mountains to the north and tempered by the proximity of Lake Garda.
• Mean annual rainfall between 850 and 1,000 mm, concentrated mainly in winter.
• Soils derived from calcareous-dolomitic formations, basalts, and morainic and fluvial deposits of volcanic origin.
• Vineyards up to 500 m a.s.l.; on the lower and middle hillsides and valley floors, exposure is predominantly southward.

• The mild, sub-Mediterranean climate of Valpolicella — sheltered by the Lessini mountains to the north, moderated by Lake Garda, and benefiting from southerly exposure — favours the ripening of the grapes from which Ripasso is made.

Facts drawn from the cahier's terroir-link section (Lien au terroir) by automatic interpretation — see the source.

Sources

• eAmbrosia register (EU) — File number PDO-IT-A0446
• Official trade body site — Consorzio Tutela Vini Valpolicella