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"Regular" vs "Reserve" No. 3: Sartori Valpolicella and Amarone

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Fredric Koeppel
Apr 28, 2008
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This post is not exactly about strict "regular" and "reserve" wines but about three wines made from the same three grapes at decidedly different levels of achievement.

Depending on the wine and the region, Italy's wine regulations sometimes favor 100 percent varietal wines for reds -- sangiovese for Brunello di Montalcino, for example, and nebbiolo for B…

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