Scarbolo Friuli Grave Pinot Grigio 'Salvadi' 2023

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Scarbolo Friuli Grave Pinot Grigio 'Salvadi' 2023Salvadi (meaning wild) is Lara and Mattias ode to the unabashed delights of low yielding Pinot Grigio produced with full on extended skin contact. Sourced from 18 year old vines in the silt soiled and iron rich Codis vineyard, the 2023 fermented in open top tonneaux with a small portion of stems added back and nearly three weeks of maceration on the skins with occasional punch downs, then spent a full year aging in tonneaux between two and eight years

has been consistently outstanding

Nathalie owns a well-situated parcel of Chardonnay in the commune of Saint-Aubin

2 grams per liter of dosage

they render a wine of immense power and concentration

Classified as the only grand cru for red wine in the Côte de Beaune

clocking in at 14% alcohol and with a formidable 45-day maceration

This delivers plenty of concentration and tension on its modest 12

are transferred by gravity into subterranean amphorae

“Aloers” is an old Catalan term for independent farmers in the Middle Ages

The ancient 90 year-old vines also contribute to the low yields

the wine ages 12 months in used 600-liter French-oak barrels

the 2013 struggled to achieve a yield of 15 hectoliters per hectare