Tasting: Monte Tondo Corvina Veneto 2014

Name: Monte Tondo Corvina Veneto
Variety: Corvina
Region: Valpolicella
Country: Italy
Year: 2014
Price: Regular $16, Sale $7.95

Winery Review: To create the classic Valpolicella cuvee, the noble Corvina is typically blended with other varietals such as Molinara and Rondinella. Monte Tondo’s Veneto IGT is the extraordinarily rare 100% Corvina wine. This Corvina is redolent of pie cherries, orange peel, potpourri, mint, and star anise. Brisk on the attack yet round and satisfying, it conveys suggestions of violets, white pepper, and ruby red grapefruit notes wrapped around a bright, vibrant core of sour cherry fruit. Bitter herbs and fine tannins join the wine’s chewy core of red fruits to make this an exceptionally versatile and table-ready red wine.

My Review: This lighter red wine smelled very fruity, but not as sweet. I definitely got the peppery flavors and darker fruit flavors, like a prune or cherry. This wine reminded me of when I was in Peru drinking star anise tea in the Andes because of the strong star anise flavor I got as well. This wine was very well-rounded in my opinion with the mix of fruit and spices. I liked this wine a lot. 

I did not taste this wine with food.