Castel del Piano - Luna Lies Rosato Frizzante 2019 (750ml) Aglianco

Castel del Piano - Luna Lies Rosato Frizzante 2019 (750ml) AgliancoThis pretty peach fizz is 100% Vermentino Nero, harvested early and completely fermented in bottle for a petnat that finishes clean and dry. Cloudy in the bottle (because it is unfined & unfiltered), with all the probiotic goodness and texture left in the bottle, this tastes like a peppery Bellini made of unripe peach puree, skins and all addictively tart and puckery, it goes down way too quickly

The utterly delicious

and anise works in harmony with the wine’s black cherry fruit signature

the 2016 Ermitage Le Méal Blanc comes from a warmer terroir of pebbly and more loess soils and was brought up in 10% new demi-muids

Pairs well with poached eggs

Guigal's 2020 Hermitage Blanc is tight and menthol-inflected

solid stone and healthy ecological footprint

some Right Bank Bordeaux there

to the predominantly clay based soils of Vallet

20 months in 50% new French oak

There's notable textural intensity and a darker fruit profile vis-à-vis the 2021

particularly the Cabernets

many of which reflect warm-vintage conditions and concentrated fruit flavors