“Munus” Rosso Veronese IGT 2022

Guerrieri Rizzardi | Veneto
Guerreri Rizzardi Az. Agr. | Strada Campazzi 2 | IT 37011 Bardolino | Italien

03243022 · 0,75 l · 19,33 €/l · Price (DE) incl. VAT, excl. Shipping< 24 units available

A wine that was voluntarily relegated. Munus was the flagship among the Bardolino red wines from Guerrieri Rizzardi – a Bardolino Superiore DOCG, Italy's highest classification level. Since 2021, it has borne the seemingly more modest title of Rosso Veronese IGT. Not out of negligence, but out of conviction: The DOCG required at least twelve months of wood in each vintage, and Giuseppe Rizzardi decided that the wine should dictate the ageing process – not the regulations.

The result is a red wine of astonishing originality. 63 per cent Merlot for a velvety texture, 32 per cent Corvina for sour cherry and structure, five per cent Merlot Khorus – an early-ripening new variety that nobody would expect from a traditional house like this. Black cherry, plum, dark chocolate, spicy notes from the large barrel – but with a freshness that never tips over into heaviness. Munus means "gift" in Latin. The fact that this gift has shed its crown to be freer only makes it more valuable. SUPERIORE.DE

"A restrained wine with lush flavours of red cherries, pepper and delicate flowers. It has a light body, firm, chalky tannins and moderate acidity." James Suckling