ArPePe Valtellina Superiore Sassella Riserva Rocce Rosse 1997

91 points John Gilman (View From the Cellar): “The 1997 Sassella Rocce Rosse Riserva from Ar. Pe. Pe is a lovely and mature wine that shows off lovely complexity on the both the nose and palate. The classy bouquet offers up scents of cherries, a touch of orange zest, chestnuts, forest floor, fresh herb tones and a nice touch of gamebird. On the palate the wine is deep, fullish, suave and drinking at its apogee, with a fine core of fruit, melting tannins and fine length and grip on the complex and meltingly tannic finish. The ’97 Rocce Rosse does not quite possess the same inner tension and superb transparency as the Vigna Regina 2001, but it is a lovely bottle of fully mature nebbiolo. Drink: 2012-2020. (Jan/Feb 2012)”