Very limited & the first time we have managed to procure some of this from Mara at Cà da l'Era. Production is tiny & the wine is somewhat of a cult one in local restaurants. A number of Australian based Piedmontese sommeliers have been chasing us for it, so we are glad it will finally hit their restaurants!

95 Points, Mike Bennie - "It’s an intense sweet wine but holds its own with superb, chalky tannin profile and a skinsy grip through the finish. Dried apricot. Sweet spices. A touch of alpine herbs. Pickled ginger. Pickled lime. Bitter, vermouth-like characters. Brilliant. A good deal of intensity and then the dryness kicks in, and then again. It’s one of those wines for your best, tiny, crystal cut wine glasses and a big hunk of hard, salty cheese."

Our notes

A late picked Chardonnay & Moscato blend, off very old vines up to 800m.  The grapes are allowed to dry slightly whilst still on the vines, they are then picked & racked for further drying to increase their concentration.  This results in tiny production but great concentration. It's not a botrytis wine, it's not a vin santo style wine, it's not a passito either - it's very much its own thing.

There's notes of apricot & orange marmalade.  It's rich & textural but punctuated also be great acidity making it not overtly sweet or cloying - in fact it has real savoury alpine herby elements to the long finish.  It's an idiosyncratic and delicious wine we've not really tasted the likes of before.  It's neither a 'sweet' dessert wine nor a full savoury wine either - but should do its best work with blue cheeses & non-chocolate based desserts.