Pietradolce Etna Archineri Rosso 2020 NO20231108 working from Pinot Noir country

working from Pinot Noir country in the Cote des Bar where the chalk gives way to Kimmeridgian marl

followed by pure

Filipa Pato grew up in Bairrada as the daughter of Luis Pato — the man who made Baga a grape the world has to take seriously — and has spent her own career proving she didn't just inherit a name

more elegant spirit than apple-dominant Calvados

fermented cool in stainless steel and held on fine lees for texture

Pietradolce Etna Archineri Rosso 2020 NO20231108 working from Pinot Noir countryPietradolce, founded by Michele Faro on Etna's northern contrada slopes, has become one of the modern reference points for the mountain. Archineri is their single vineyard Nerello Mascalese, sourced from ungrafted vines over 80 years old growing on volcanic, lava rich soils at altitude. The 2020 is classic Etna red: high toned, transparent, mineral, and structured closer in shape to a serious Burgundy or Barolo than to anything Mediterranean. One of