the vibrant acidity makes the wine taste scintillatingly dry despite considerable body and honeyed texture
and bottle this with zero dosage
brings together 50-plus growers and bottles nine single-cru Riservas in the best vintages
or poured into a summer sangria
This Barbaresco Riserva is a wine meant for slow sipping
Peter Leipold, Pinot Noir Grand Cru, 2023 SO051226 Trousselle the vibrant acidity makes theThis is the top of Peter Leipold's Pinot Noir pyramid, and it wears its Burgundy training openly. Fruit comes from a single southwest facing plot of Muschelkalk limestone in Franken, fermented with wild yeast, partly whole cluster, then aged in French oak that includes old barrels sourced from Domaine de la Romanee Conti. Gravity fed, unfined, unfiltered, with barely any sulfur added. 'Grand Cru' isn't an official title here, it's Leipold's own