Dal Forno Romano, Veneto Recioto, 1994 (375ml) BDXCOUNT0125 If you like the idea

If you like the idea of "fancy Champagne" without the fancy price (or the fancy attitude)

The family connection runs deep: Lorenzo Magnelli

and Gewürztraminer

hand-harvested fruit

dry soils of decomposed limestone and clay near Mouriès

Dal Forno Romano, Veneto Recioto, 1994 (375ml) BDXCOUNT0125 If you like the ideaRecioto della Valpolicella is the Veneto's classic sweet red, made from grapes dried for months into raisins, and Romano Dal Forno produces it only in special vintages with near obsessive care. This half bottle of the 1994 comes from a private collection and is mature, though the youngest of the Dal Forno Reciotos here. Three decades on, expect dried fig, cherry, coffee, and chocolate, with the sweetness still present but woven into tertiary depth. A