Antoniolo 'Bricco Lorella' Nebbiolo Rosato 2024 Piedirosso

Antoniolo 'Bricco Lorella' Nebbiolo Rosato 2024 PiedirossoAromatically gorgeous with red tinged nectarine and puffs of pale musk. There is great tension to the juicy, delicate fruit weight and the shape of the wine is a beauty. It rises like a gentle wave, adding weight and building to a medium, fleshy body before effortlessly washing to a tingling, acid buzzy finish. Top flight pink made with fruit from Valferana and Borelle Gattinara Cru vineyards (the same as that for 'Juvenia'). "So pretty, floral and

It deftly marries textural intensity and classic structure

The final blend is 45% Syrah

and not just in the summertime

apricot and marshmallow

Italy's finest aperitif white wines are made from the ancient grape Prié Blanc

citrus-into-apricot fruit

So very complex that it's actually quite difficult to describe

Without any oak to slow it down

Romeo is another gem from Pascale and the name of the man who planted the 60 year old Carignan in the blend

"Medium straw with golden highlights

and one of Spain's finest versions of the noble grape

The whole bunches are then softly pneumatic-pressed