The 2000 Villa Giona is a Bordeaux blend, and one of the few convincing examples of these grapes in the Valpolicella, where a certain grassiness often creeps into these wines. This, instead, offers an intense and penetrating combination of berry fruit and leather aromas and forceful but shapely flavors, solid, graceful and with much length. Drink: 2004-2014.
Importer: Winebow, Hohokus, NJ; tel. (201) 445-0620