This is a fantastic Chardonnay for those looking for something crisp and fresh. An orchard florality on the nose leads into apple and stonefruit on the palate, with just the right acidity and a hint of beeswax in its texture.
Dreamy alpine Jacquère grown a days hike from Switzerland. Fruit mixes with esters, spices and rustic accents: flint, chives, breadcrumbs, caramel, narcissus, peach pit and lemon balm. Empyreumatic aromas (burnt, cooked or smoked qualities) with subtle oxidation and a slight fermentation note.
"Mountain wine regions are complex for a reason: their topographical challenges have meant, through most of history, that they were a series of little kingdoms and fiefdoms, clinging on to specialities and traditions which reflect, with some fidelity, precise and highly contrastive local conditions."
De Fermo's old school Pecorino made in a combination of the concrete tanks and old oak barrels. Full bodied and rich in stone fruit and mineral acidity.
The plot is in a site called Dessus Bon Boire, a southern slope facing east, with Jurassic limestone subsoil (Kimmeridgian, Portlandian). The wine is aged for 12 months in 350L barrels, then 6 months blended in vats. A round and delicious wine.
Armani's top cuvee, from the grapes in his oldest vineyard selected for the smallest berries with the thickest skins. This is a dark coloured Orange wine that pours a golden honey colour with toffee, caramel, spice, and citrus rind aromas with strong tannin to hold up to any steak dinner.
