Marion - Valpolicella Superiore 2016 (750ml)

Vinous 92 points
"The 2016 Valpolicella Superiore is remarkably pretty and forward, opening with cedar spice box and clove complementing vivid black cherries and crushed stone. It engulfs the palate in a finessed and pure display of juicy red fruits and inner florals, showing such inner beauty, but also energy. This tapers off only lightly structured and with medium length, leaving inner rose tones and subtle minerality to linger." - Eric Guido 

Wine Advocate 92 points
"This is one of the nicest Valpolicellas you can buy. The Marion 2016 Valpolicella Superiore is a fresh mid-weight wine with loads of pretty primary intensity focused on wild cherry, cassis and raspberry. Those fruity tones give the wine lift and an immediate sense of vertical intensity and brightness that could liven up a simple pork chop or a classic hamburger and fries. One-third of the Corvina, Corvinone and Rondinella grapes used here undergo appassimento for one month. This wine offers an impeccable sense of sharpness and focus, and that pristine quality definitely stands out in this pretty vintage of 20,000 bottles." Monica Larner