Nadir Cuneaz Vallee d'Aoste Rosso 'Vin de Geants' 2020

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Nadir Cuneaz Vallee d'Aoste Rosso 'Vin de Geants' 2020From the Bedeun vineyard vineyard in Gressan, planted in the early 1970s. Crovassa (60%), Petit Rouge (33%), Neyret (33%). Following total destemming, wine ferments spontaneously in terracotta amphora. Cuvaison lasts c. 60 days. Following a few months in amphora, the wine spends one year in neutral 300 liter tonneaux.

The grape varieties are Merlot (60%) and Cabernet Sauvignon (40%) and the average age of the vines is thirty years

MONTHLY: 3 bottles

iconoclastic creations that defy fine-tuned peer-group comparisons and revel in their singular personalities

undergoing a lengthy 11 ½-year stint on its lees before being disgorged in January 2023 with 3 grams per liter of dosage

The wine is fermented and aged in temperature-controlled vats and is bottled usually one year after harvest

Etienne employs de-stemming here not to craft an easy and-forward wine

remaining perpetually delighted at their ability to render these warm southern Rhône terroirs with grace and balance

and understanding of

and the wine is intensely sappy without being heavy in the slightest

Its acidity is juicy rather than severe

62 hectares in the climat of Monts Luisants

and 1971—embodies that personality full-stop