Cellar for up to 5 years. No need to decant before serving. The Pasqua family have been trading wine in Verona since 1925, so it’s no wonder they decided to create a label to celebrate the city’s most famous love story. The striking label of this wine features an original photo of the courtyard where Juliet supposedly pined for Romeo which has become a hotspot for today’s starcrossed lovers to leave their own declarations of passion on the walls. Crafted with love and passion, this seductive red is crafted from the local Corvina and Croatina varieties as well as some Merlot. The grapes are carefully picked by hand and left to dry in wooden crates until they lose around 30% of the total water content. This traditional process is borrowed from the region’s classic Amarone wines, intensifying the flavours and sugar concentration in the fruit to craft a rich and powerful red. The next step is to vinify the partially-dried grapes in stainless steel tanks, with the best wines blended together to create this cuvee. After three months of ageing in oak barrels the wine is then ready for bottling. The result is a big, bold red with deep inky hue and rich blackberry, cherry and wild berry notes complimented by firm tannins and hints of woodsmoke and spice. Ideal for sharing with the loved ones in your life, perhaps alongside a generous platter of Italian charcuterie and aged cheeses.