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Grosjean Torrette Vallee d'Aoste 2023Grosjeans Torette is charming and delicious in its youth but takes on more weight and gravitas with some bottle age. Bouyed by high acidity and snappy red fruit, 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 dAoste. An indigenous blend of 80% Petit Rouge together with a varying amount of Vien de Nus, Doucet, Fumin and Mayolet. The vineyard sites are at an

“Kalk & Schiefer” (“limestone and slate”) comes from Blaufränkisch grown on the slopes of the Leitha hills near the village of Jois

offering a viscerally saline evocation of the nearby Mediterranean

5 grams per liter dosage

8 hectare vineyard in the heart of the Savennieres district on the northern side of the Loire is planted exclusively to Chenin Blanc and produces a classic version of this entrancing appellation

and there's no rule as to what variety it will comprise or how it will be made

picked quite ripe and allowed to naturally ferment and macerate on its skins for 10 months—without any punch-downs or pump-overs or any interference whatsoever—in a single terracotta jar

The two types of grapes are harvested by hand and vinified separately before blending

The final blend includes 4% Viognier

situated at 400 meters altitude in the Valle de la Orotava

Xavier sees no benefit to such attempts at sculpture

and the roughly one-quarter Pinot Noir serves to moderate the Trousseau’s scrappy wildness with a touch of silk

Cabernet Savardo

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