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2010 Costaripa
Costaripa Rosamara
$26
Costaripa’s beautiful 2010 Rosamara ($26) proved to be an ideal choice to cap off a near-perfect summer meal. The wine is produced by Mattia Vezzola, the man responsible for the finest sparkling wine in Italy (and beyond) – Bellavista. In 2008 he was voted winemaker of the year by Gambero Rosso, the Italian wine bible, and he also produces an exceptional range of still wines under the Costaripa label. The Rosamara – from the Lombardy region - is blended from the native Groppello and Marzemino grapes along with some Sangiovese and Barbera. It offers notes of red berries, spice and some intriguing floral notes, absolutely delicious.
If this wine does not sound serious enough you could opt for Costaripa’s 2008 Molmenti ($46), a stunning example of the heights that rosé can climb in the right hands. It is blended from the same varietals as the Rosamara but is vinified in 5 hectolitre barrels and bottle-aged for 5 months prior to release. The end result is akin to the great Tavels from France’s Rhone Valley. It is rich and complex but still offers the restorative properties associated with dry rosé.
Available today:
Costaripa Rosamara Chiaretto del Garda classico D.O.C 2010 $26
Region: Lombardy
