Press Summary 2011

“When an estate possesses 100 hectares in the leading Veronese designations, technical skills and a very ambitious idea of what wine should be, the results are bound to come every year. At Guerrieri Rizzardi, it has been this way for a while, first in the Valpolicella estate and today at Bardolino, where the range is proving to be one of the most interesting in the area. All the wines across the board strive for elegance and adherence to the varietal typicality…”

Amarone della Valpolicella Classico Calcarole 2006 3 Bicchieri/ 3 Glasses
Amarone della Valpolicella Classico Villa Rizzardi 2006 2 Bicchieri/ 2 Glasses
Bardolino Classico Superiore Munus 2008 2 Bicchieri/ 2 Glasses
Castello Guerrieri Rosso 2007 2 Bicchieri/ 2 Glasses
Clos Roareti 2008 2 Bicchieri/2 Glasses
Soave Classico Costeggiola 2009 2 Bicchieri/ 2 Glasses
Valpolicella Classico Superiore Ripasso Pojega 2008 2 Bicchieri/ 2 Glasses
Bardolino Classico Tacchetto 2009 1 Bicchiere/ 1 Glass
Rosa Rosae 2009 1 Bicchiere/ 1 Glass

Merum June/July 2011 p8, “2010 Bardolino Tacchetto DOC, ***/*** Great Wine Box Award, Good fruit, great balance. 2010 Bardolino Classico DOP **/***, tempting, juicy, fruity, very pleasant.”

DVPE Dina Viner Professional Edition, May 2011 (Sweden). “2005 Villa Rizzardi Amarone della Valpolicelle Classico, Guerrieri Rizzardi. A dry, fresh wine from Valpolicella with aromatic, dark red fruit, good balance and hints of morello, dark cherries, sundried cherries, liqourice, violets, humus, spices and oak. Drink 2011-25, 91 points (+) Good value for money.”

Decanter Magazine, February 2011, p 56. “Guerrieri Rizzardi Villa Rizzardi Amarone 2004 **** 18pts. Elegant, complex, sleek and harmonious. An absolutely seemless wine.”

Merum, January 2011. “Valpolicella Classico 2009, crimson red, vegital fruit, quite juicy **-***. Villa Rizzardi Amarone 2005, middle red, inviting ripe sweet fruit, quite powerful with a pleasant dryness ***. Calcarole Amarone 2005, middle intense red with passito notes, tempting fruit, powerful, butter, depth, fruit on the finish, long, pleasant, *** - **** Box Award.

The World of Fine Wine, Sept Issue 29, 2010, “Clear and Simple – 2008-9 Soave”
Guerrieri Rizzardi Costeggiola Soave classico 2009, “creamy mouthfeel as Soave goes and plenty of flavour and character, with firm bright acidity. Strikes all the right notes.” Guerrieri Rizzardi Costeggiola Soave classico 2008, “The nose displays all the complexity and elegance of a good Soave Clasico that begins to develop character with time in the bottle: dried mountain herbs and flowers, citrus, almond, volcanic mineral notes, … with good length, depth and great balance.” Guerrieri Rizzardi Soave classico 2009, “Rich elegant complex nose, with great freshness and a good creamy complexity, with white flowers peach, apricot and citric notes… with a strong personalità.

The Irish Times Magazine, 18th September 2010, - “Raising the Bar on Bardolino”. Bottles of the week, “Guerrieri Rizzardi Bardolino Classico 2009, unusually this wine has some Merlot in the blend. The most fragrant nose, with stylish plum fruits and excellent length. Guerrieri Rizzardi Bardolino Classico Tacchetto 2009, is a single vineyard wine. Super smooth, silky blackcurrant fruits, with great length and real finesse. Delicious.”

Merum, June/July 2010 “Guerrieri Rizzardi Bardolino Classico DOC 2009, Light ruby red; fresh, strawberry and vegital hints. Fruity, juicy, long-lasting. We like it very much. ***-**** Merum Box.”

Jonathan Ray, The Daily Telegraph 18th June 2010. “Wines for Father’s Day” - “2009 Rizzardi Soave Classico Costeggiola Single Vineyard is something of a rarity, a Soave with character and flavour. Beautifully crafted, with ripe, sweet apple and pear fruit, but a crisp dry long finish.”

Andrew Neather, London Evening Standard, 25th February 2010, “The Guerrieri Rizzardi Pojega, Valpolicella Classico Superiore DOC Ripasso has lovely depth and enticing, cherry fruit, balanced by fine-grained tannins.”

Decanter Magazine, Italian Supplement 2010, “Guerrieri Rizzardi Recioto di Soave DOCG 2006, “16/20 Fresh floral note with some honey. High acidity, lovely zestiness with lime, freshness and acacia honey. Very refreshing. Perfectly balanced.”

Jancis Robinson, Financial Times, November 28th 2009 “Guerrieri Rizzardi Costeggiola Soave Classico DOC 2007 - Lovely, tangy and rich. Dry, dense, subtle – not remotely like bog-standard Soave.”

Jonathan Ray, The Daily Telegraph, Novemeber 26th 2009, “Guerrieri Rizzardi Costeggiola Soave Classico DOC 2007 - a garganega/chardonnay blend, will make you completely rethink the much-maligned soave category.”

Victoria Moore, The Guardian, August 8th 2009 “There are reds from slightly more obscure corners of France that suit a stint in the fridge, too: Marcillac and Irancy are two. Italy has Teroldego Rotaliano, Bardolino, Valpolicella and Cerasuolo di Vittoria to name a few. One superior example is the poised Guerrieri Rizzardi Valpolicella Classico 2008

Decanter Magazine, April 2007 pp 40-4 “In Focus: Valpolicella – Key Players.” Margaret Rand “The Guerrieri Rizzardi Valpolicellas are subtle, elegant and serious. Winemaker Giuseppe Rizzardi selects around 25% of the grapes for drying, and is currently researching where the aromatics in Amarone come from – they emerge, he says, with a long drying period. Shorten the drying period and you don’t get them.”

Harpers Magazine, UK 26th Jan 2007 – “Bardolino - Going Back To Their Roots”
“I particularly liked the Rizzardi selection, consisting of their intensely fruity Bardolino Classico 2005 and well balanced 2005 Tacchetto…. and the fabulous, light but intensely concentrated 2004 Guerrieri Rizzardi Munus. The 2001 Guerrieri Rizzardi Castello Rosso is an excellent example, its balance, freshness and weighty depth of flavour were awesome and it didn’t loose any of the quintessential minerality I so enjoy about the wines from this area.”