Tommaso Bussola, Recioto Valpolicella Classico Tb Size:6x500ml superbly long

superbly long

(92-94)/2022+

this had just been bottled when I tasted it)

Very concentrated nose of black fruits with smudgy tannins in retreat but good beginning

with bright

Tommaso Bussola, Recioto Valpolicella Classico Tb Size:6x500ml superbly longI am not sure I have ever tasted a better Recioto than Bussola's 1998 Recioto della Valpolicella TB. An explosive bouquet of raisins, figs, plums, truffle oil, smoke, and black fruits galore soars from the glass of this amazing wine. It possesses great richness, incredible ripeness, and fabulous balance as well as surprising sweetness counter balanced by good structure and acidity. This is a majestic, potentially immortal Recioto that should drink