Clivo Altura Pinot Nero Le Bighellone 2024 CS20230906 Located only a few hundred

Located only a few hundred meters away from Les Manyes

absolutely delicious

native-yeast fermented over 15-20 days of gentle maceration

The one-liter format makes it perfect for a casual table where the bottle just keeps going

Benrinnes is a Speyside workhorse—its spirit usually disappears into blends—but this 21-year-old single malt shows what it can do on its own

Clivo Altura Pinot Nero Le Bighellone 2024 CS20230906 Located only a few hundredPinot 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