2019 Podere Le Ripi 'Lupi e Sirene' Riserva, Brunello di Montalcino DOCG, Italy Raifuku Shuzo Vineyard Area: From gently sloped

Vineyard Area: From gently sloped vines in Oliveira do Hospital

pinot meunier and chardonnay from 30 different crus

The estate is small

Extended elevage of about 18 months

Matt learned about pruning and vines in the Bedrock vineyard

2019 Podere Le Ripi 'Lupi e Sirene' Riserva, Brunello di Montalcino DOCG, Italy Raifuku Shuzo Vineyard Area: From gently slopedThis single vineyard Riserva comes from the eastern slope at Castelnuovo dellAbate, on brown marl, slightly alkaline soils with a granitic skeleton that lend the wine its ferrous, mineral edge. Grapes are hand harvested in early September and fermented with native yeasts 2025 days in open oak casks, with daily pump overs for roughly 80% of the ferment before finishing Piedmont style (infusion). levage is 36 months in large oak, followed by at least 14