Joaquin Fiano di Avellino 'Piante a Lapio' 2013

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Joaquin Fiano di Avellino 'Piante a Lapio' 2013Raffaeles Piante a Lapio is truly outside of category. Made from 80 to 100 year old Fiano planted in Lapios high altitude volcanic soils, it is fermented spontaneously in casks of chestnut and acacia from local forests, and aged in those same vessels for nearly five years with no topping up. Incredibly, it develops a yeast veil just as a Jura wine would, although Piante a Lapio is marked notably less by veil derived elements than a Jura Savagnin. This

this comes from a 1910 planting of just 13 rows

The dominant notes are white flowers

Whatever subtle tannins are present are melded beautifully with the palate-staining minerality

Thomas’s “L’Esprit de l’Horizon” Blanc is a blend of 80% Macabeu (from 55-year-old vines) and 20% Muscat

between the Leitha hills and Lake Neusiedl

This is a boisterous

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

As indicated in the general description above

fortified with Macabeu and a hint of Parellada

The long 30-day maceration in large vat allows for all of the character of the terroir to present itself

followed by malolactic fermentation and 10 months in barrique

From grapes harvested from several parcels which include a mix of stones and marne with south-southeast exposure