Dal Forno Romano, Veneto Recioto, 1994 (375ml) BDXCOUNT0125 hand-harvested fruit

hand-harvested fruit

Best with a chill

but hauntingly detailed

structured Barolos

and Gewürztraminer

Dal Forno Romano, Veneto Recioto, 1994 (375ml) BDXCOUNT0125 hand-harvested fruitRecioto della Valpolicella is the Veneto's classic sweet red, made from grapes dried for months into raisins, and Romano Dal Forno produces it only in special vintages with near obsessive care. This half bottle of the 1994 comes from a private collection and is mature, though the youngest of the Dal Forno Reciotos here. Three decades on, expect dried fig, cherry, coffee, and chocolate, with the sweetness still present but woven into tertiary depth. A