Agricola Villa Picta ‘Terra’ Lombardia Rosso 2021 Gifts

Agricola Villa Picta ‘Terra’ Lombardia Rosso 2021 GiftsThis red wine called 'Terra' is drawn from a single vineyard at Villa Picta called San Bartolomeo; here the soils have less limestone than everything else at the domaine. Its on very sandy soils with a solid base of claywinemaker Paolo Pasini calls it his Gironde. The two varieties, native Marzemino and Venetian Bordelaise Merlot, are vinified separately; both are destemmed and macerated for around two weeks, pressed in a vertical basket press, and

Don't worry about the grape variety (Cartoixà de la Marina)—none of us can pronounce it

but with none of the extraction and sticky-sweetness that most of those wines commonly have

with complex aromas and flavors that unfold slowly in the glass

many of which are manufactured in the same region as the iron casting studio

in Barbonne-Fayel

a special Jurassic marl called 'marne blanche

Sun and stars in a bottle

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Fred Jerbis

55 year-old vines planted in a steep

that we should embrace the imperfections of our plans

Elegant and opulent Weissburgunder (Pinot Blanc) from the biodynamic and Burgundian-minded Holger Koch