Castello di Verduno Pelaverga Basadone 2024 TAGS this wine captures the Auxey-Duresses

this wine captures the Auxey-Duresses terroir with precision and restraint

Francois Villard trained as a chef

Pink Champagne with something to say

Le Temps est Venu means "the time has come

Enjoyed best straight or on the rocks

Castello di Verduno Pelaverga Basadone 2024 TAGS this wine captures the Auxey-DuressesIn the 1960s, Verduno's native Pelaverga had dwindled to a literal handful of vines. That it survived at all is thanks to a few stubborn Barolo familiesCastello di Verduno among themwho gave up prime Langhe real estate to keep it going. The reward is one of Piedmont's most charming rarities: a light, peppery red that delivers Nebbiolo like perfume without the weight or the wait. "Basadone" is local dialect for the poppy flowerand, loosely, "lady