Italy’s Best Kept Wine Secret

@michellelawlorwineexpert shares what is Italy’s best kept wine secret

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How would you like to taste Italy’s Best Kept wine secret and here’s the thing it’s 50% cheaper than the expensive stuff if you want to try all the best parts of an amaroni but without the big price tag why don’t you go for a rep Paso when you’re going to make a

Standard bottle of wine the grape Growers pick their grapes in late September or early October and then they put them in their Vats or their barrels and they make their wine but not with amaroni if you are amaroni grapes when everyone else is having their Christmas dinner you are actually resting in a

Place drying what they do with the best grapes for amaroni is they pick them Berry by Berry and they leave them dry for 120 days that’s 4 months and what happens in those four months is that the berries the fresh grapes actually dehydrate and become raisins they

Dehydrate by 40% and what you end up with are very intense rich and even a little bit sweet berries and your amaroni wine is made out of effectively really really Posh raisins it tastes delicious it has loads of layers of prunes and figs and spices and chocolate

And milk and all these delicious things and it normally ends up at about 15% Alcohol so what makes a rap Paso a baby amaroni what makes it the next best alternative what they do with those really really high quality raisin skins is not bin them they keep them and they repass so repass them through the next best quality of the Val polello wine and

What that does is over time I don’t know maybe three or 4 weeks they let those raisin skins mate and they take into the juice all that spiciness that richness those layers all that complexity so you end up with with all the best bits of amaroni in your valella R Paso bottle

And at half the price here’s the best bit what does it actually taste like this beautiful alternative to amaroni valella rap Paso first of all you give it a smell really intense on the nose there’s also these kind of chocolate mocha spicy notes you’ve also got really kind of Rich Cherry flavors

And that delivers and that’s exactly what you’re looking for you want all the layers all the complexity and all the intensity with 50% Less on the price tag the flavor stays in your mouth a really really long time I always judge a wine by how long the flavor stays in your

Mouth the longer it lasts the better it is and I guarantee you I’ll be tasting this long after this video is finished the flavors here definitely chocolate spice a little bit of vanilla um and I would think a little bit of raspberry ripple or ice cream if anyone likes that

Also some delicious Cherry flavors summer fruits and then layers and layers of raisins and prunes and figs it’s absolutely delicious and it’s got quite a a weighty mouth feel I would say medium to full bed and if you’re going to pair some food with this because it’s

Such a strong wine I would also pair it with quite a strong food there’s nothing better than a really strong cheese dipped in really nice honey and a glass of amaroni it sounds a bit crazy but it’s what you would have if you were there so why don’t you try some griera

Cheese dipped in some lovely honey and this Val palella R Paso and you are in for a good Night sometimes when you pick up your bottle of Val palella R Paso you might notice a few extra words on the label Superior and Classico both of which are on this bottle what do they mean and are they actually just wine jargon no they’re not they’re telling you something very important Superior refers

To the fact that the wine has 5% higher alcohol than its typical counterparts it’s really special one Classico and I love that it exists and the reason being is that years ago when the wine appalachi were all identified Suave is one of them this is obviously a

Val Pella the original Val Pella area was defined but then just outside that area there were farmers and grape Growers and Vineyard owners who’d say hey we make the same grapes we’re in the same area we have this the same climate and the same soil can we also not be

Valella so the area would have been extended so to keep everybody happy especially the originals they identified that that original area is the Classico area so Classico Superior like in this bottle is telling you that it’s from the original area so it should be maybe a little bit

Better if you are enjoying your bottle of rap Paso valella you are getting a wine from Northern Italy Italy is a really big country Southern Italy it’s really hot Northern Italy it’s actually quite cold that’s where there’s snow on the mountains what food are you going to

Have with your vpol Paso so you’re thinking Northern Italy a little bit cold Rich warm hearty dishes anything from that area is perfect for me if I was going to have it tonight I might have it with maybe some brazed lamb some grilled pork maybe a mushroom Rosado

Shave a bit of Parmesan on shave a little bit of truffle on delicious what have you had with your valal rep Paso comment below if you would like to try this delicious valala Chala rap Paso which I highly recommend and you live in Ireland why don’t you order it from the new Wine

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