Tomasso Bussola Valpolicella Ripasso Ca’ del Laito
$38.00
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Vintage: 2015
Region: Valpolicella, Veneto, Italy
Viticulture: Organic
Grape varieties: 60% Corvina and Corvinone, 30% Rondinella, 10% Molinara & other varieties.
Tomasso Bussola Valpolicella Ripasso Ca’ del Laito is an organic blend of traditional Italian grapes. Extremely lush and rich, with dark fruit and spice. The Ca’ del Laito Valpolicella is made in a bold, Ripasso style that highlights the quality of Tommaso’s raw materials.
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When Veneto legend Giuseppe Quintarelli was asked years ago to name the region’s next superstar, he didn’t hesitate: Tommaso Bussola.
Quintarelli’s prediction began to be realized in 1999 when Tommaso’s 1995s were released. Among the countless accolades he received, Gambero Rosso gave him the first of many Tre Bicchieris for his majestic Recioto TB.
Originally trained as a stonemason, Tommaso took over over his uncle’s Valpolicella estate—with its prized old vineyards in the heart of the Classico zone—in the mid-1980s. While vineyard work came naturally to him, he experimented relentlessly and absorbed information and ideas from every source available. With each passing vintage, his wines came to show more polish, finesse, intensity, and personality.
By the late nineties, his style had matured, and his wines had become world-famous for their incredible intensity of fruit. Like other top Veneto winemakers, he uses new barrels, but any hint of new wood is hidden by cascades of lush, opulent fruit.
The key, we think, is not only the age of his vines but the fact that they are nearly all naturally low-yielding ancient clones: Corvinone (40%), Corvina Grossa (25%) and Rondinella (20%).
Corvinone, in particular, is quite rare today because of its low yields and finicky growing habits. Yet, Tommaso claims it is the Corvinone that gives his wines their depth. He calls it the “Super Corvina,” saying that it produces stronger, denser, richer, more perfumed wines.
Small percentages of old vine Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Dindarella, and Pindara round out the cépage, along with new experiments like Teroldego and Merlot.
