Clivo Altura Pinot Nero Le Bighellone 2024 no ups no pretense

no pretense

Oscar is the brother vineyard to the famed Michael Mara Chardonnay vineyard

5-acre Mohrhardt Ridge vineyard is home to some of our most intriguing wines

with well integrated aromas of elderflower

Clivo Altura Pinot Nero Le Bighellone 2024 no ups no pretensePinot Nero in Chianti Classico sounds like a joke until you taste this. Clivo Altura farms a tiny parcel of Pinot Noir planted in the early 2000s at 700 meters above sea level, deep inside a 2,000 hectare forest near Castello di Fosini, where it gets too cool for Sangiovese to ripen reliably. The fruit goes in with 50% whole clusters for a two week maceration, then ages in tonneaux and small French oak. Only 1,050 bottles a year. It's an