Institut Agricole Regional Vallee d'Aoste Fumin 2018 CRV10 George Pear Brandy as much

George Pear Brandy as much we do

flowers and spices and a subtle blend of French white wine and local Jacquère wine

A historic method in other categories

on its own or in a kir with Burgundy crème de cassis

just west of Givry

Institut Agricole Regional Vallee d'Aoste Fumin 2018 CRV10 George Pear Brandy as muchFumin is the great red grape of the Valle d'Aosta, and almost nobody outside the valley has heard of it. It turns up in the written record as far back as 1785, making it one of the oldest documented varieties in this corner of the Alps, and the Institut Agricole Regional the valley's agricultural college, whose Joseph Vaudan winery doubles as a teaching cellar makes one of the reference bottlings. Think of it as a mountain cousin to Nebbiolo: