Corvina is the principal red grape found around the shores of Italy's Lake Garda making joyously quaffable Valpolicella and Bardolino. In these wines it is youthful, fresh and generally fairly light–bodied, brimming with raspberry and redcurrant flavours. But when picked late in the season, off lower–cropping vines from the best sites, and especially when these grapes are partly dried, as they are in the famous winemaking methods of Recioto and Amarone, Corvina's personality changes completely into a wonderfully intense, powerful and raisiny wine that can develop very well with age.
This is very good value for money. A Piedmont red under $30! It has good dark fruit, some nice tannins and acid to balance although it would benefit from some more age to smooth it a bit but I liked its feistiness now.
I was happily surprised by the quality of the labels in the "mystery" case of rose wines - great value for the money I must say. Excellent drinking experience from the unfamiliar labels and happy to enjoy again the familiar ones.