Barberani, Orvieto Castagnolo, 2024 so040926 grosse pierre one of the area's master

one of the area's master winemakers

dusty finish that rewards patience

then three years in large Slavonian and French oak casks

2014) that produced classical Barolos of finesse and tension rather than power

distinctly Serralunga

Barberani, Orvieto Castagnolo, 2024 so040926 grosse pierre one of the area's masterOrvieto, but the serious version. Barberani has worked the volcanic tufa hills above Lake Corbara since 1961, and Niccol Barberani now farms biodynamically and organically practices that show up in the glass as detail and quiet energy rather than weight. Castagnolo, named for a single chestnut grove vineyard, is the estate's expression of Orvieto Classico Superiore: roughly seventy percent Grechetto with Trebbiano Procanico, fermented on native yeasts