Nadir Cuneaz Vallee d'Aoste Rosso 'Les Gosses' 2023

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Nadir Cuneaz Vallee d'Aoste Rosso 'Les Gosses' 2023The only one of Cuneazs wines not named for a local monster, Les Gosses derives from a French term for little children (monsters in their own right, to be sure!)of which Nadir has three. Coincidentally, this wine contains three local varieties: 60% Vien de Nus, 25% Petit Rouge, and 15% of the little seen Vuillerminthe father of Fumin, in fact. Les Gosses comes entirely from south facing vineyards: Bedeun in Chambave and Creta Platta. Made entirely in

notes of which carry through onto a surprisingly precise and driving palate of exceptional length

the alcoholic fermentation then proceeds for eight to ten days

unfined and unfiltered

a storm of ripe green apples

The soil is essentially clay and gravel

the grapes for this cuvée are sourced from the slopes of the Campegli vineyard located in the village of Castiglione Chiavarese

and Roselyn produces versions that underline the variety’s inherent salinity and textural richness

the newborn wine is augmented with the unpressed skins and solids of the recently fermented Amarone

The vines that plunge the deepest into the tuffeau below are bottled separately

over 2 years

a second planted in 1964

granite and iron schists