Plozza Rosso di Valtellina 2019 CS20230804 food-friendly introduction to non-oxidative Savagnin

food-friendly introduction to non-oxidative Savagnin

This very fine rosé

and aged to bring out its superb quality that has been highly praised by sake drinkers

Loomis #1 is one of his favorite finds: an old-vine

the Beaumont family works old vines planted back in 1974

Plozza Rosso di Valtellina 2019 CS20230804 food-friendly introduction to non-oxidative SavagninNebbiolo grown on cliffs. Valtellina is the alpine valley in Lombardy where the grape is called Chiavennasca and the vineyards are stacked on stone terraces so steep that everything is done by hand, sometimes by cable. Plozza has been working these slopes since the 1920s, and the Rosso di Valtellina is the house's everyday bottle the one you open on a Tuesday rather than save for a decade. Mountain air keeps it lifted and lean where Barolo goes broad