2019 Graci "Quota 1000 Contrada Barbabecchi" Etna Rosso, Sicily, ItalyABOUT THIS WINE High elevation, old vines from a single vineyard of 100% Nerello Mascalese go into this small production bottling. The wine is fermented in steel vats called "tini" for 25 days. Maloactic fermentation and aging for 24 months takes place in large oak casks. Finally the wine gets another 12 months of aging in bottle before release. The wine is well structured with complex fruit, built for aging. ABOUT THIS PRODUCER The Graci estate is

and she has gradually taken a more natural direction

a limestone plateau in Cahors at 250-320 meters in elevation

age worthy style

5 hectares of vines are plowed

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the fermentation was slow like all Rieslings in 2020 and was able to finish with a very dry balance

San Pietro delle Viole and Rue

In this system

Annual production of 2

Monsieur Gouges was one of the people charged with the job of delineating the crus in Burgundy for the Institut National d’Appellation d’Origine

Sylvain has become one of the most talented vintners in the region

through five hardworking generations of the Delaille family