Scarbolo Friuli Grave Pinot Grigio 'Salvadi' 2023

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

this Bramaterra bottling comes from a parcel situated at 300 to 350 meters of altitude

After destemming and pressing

This wine displays fine-grained tannins and impressive length

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this shows even greater tension on the palate

offering a sense of calm equipoise

after fermentation

Prudhon farms two hectares of 30-to-60-year-old vines here

the wine is balanced by notes of crushed rocks and earth that make it a perfect pairing for the traditional charcuterie and soups of the Val d’Aoste

La Chavaroche possesses an unmistakable musk: a warm-animal profile that feels somehow ancient and unknowable—like some profound riddle of terroir

Croatina (30%) and Vespolina (20%)

with a reticence in its youth—a tense-muscled sprinter still coiled over the starting block