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Massimo Clerico Lessona Riserva 2016To qualify as Lessona Riserva, the wine must be aged a total of 46 months before commercial release with a minimum of 30 months of the aging process occurring in barrel. This, the most grand wine of the estate, is a selection of Nebbiolo from Clericos finest vineyard sites, including the oldest vines of the estate (planted in 1970) in the Vigna Gaja. Although Lessona can be produced with a minimum of 85% Nebbiolo, Clericos Lessona is produced

From a parcel of one-third of a hectare in the heart of Chassagne on the eastern side

then ages the wine a full two winters in the cellar before bottling it without fining or filtration

Bitouzet’s vines here were planted between 1959 and 1974 and encompass just shy of a hectare

During the period of élevage

Only twice in Joaquin’s history—first in 2009

” Made entirely in steel

breezy red fruits dance and glide on a palate of exuberant dynamism

Forey’s Nuits-Saint-Georges comprises a hectare’s worth of 60-year-old vines in the vineyards Charbonnières and Plantes Aux Barons

which forms the backbone of the blend is sourced from a high-altitude site that provides a natural lofty acidity

but it sizzles on the palate with white-knuckled intensity—a fascinating contrast which makes for a wine of dynamism and complexity

En Dérée

” as the parcel of Riesling and Gewürztraminer she used for it was ill beyond rescue