Scarbolo Friuli Grave Pinot Grigio 'Pipinot' 2023

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Scarbolo Friuli Grave Pinot Grigio 'Pipinot' 2023Pipinot is Lara and Mattias flagship wine, produced from four vineyards around Lauzacco of dolomitic limestone origin with soils varying in proportions of loamy clay, gravel, and sand. In homage to the traditional ramato style of vinification wherein Pinot Grigios notable pink skins contribute color and texture, the 2023 Pipinot macerated for 30 hours before fermenting via indigenous yeasts in the pied de cuve method, aging for eight months in a

hard limestone soils of Taillepieds produce a wine of thundering minerality whose presence is felt even through its blatantly salty finish

where they macerate for several weeks

followed by two years in large Slavonian-oak casks

The wine is powerful yet briskly mineral-driven—cool-toned and stony—with tight-grained dark fruit and tons of spice

delicious Poulsard verges on rosé in color

The fruit leans toward poached pear and orange peel

is full of wild berries (notably strawberry and raspberry)

From arguably the Mount Olympus of Beaujolais vineyards

and returns to stainless to finish its élevage before bottling

23% Tocai Friulano

5% alcohol—harnesses the combination of power and energy that characterizes Bea at his best

The wine is neither fined nor filtered