"Torrette" CROTTA DI PRADO, Valle d'Aosta DOP 2018 IGT dark chocolate and tobacco

dark chocolate and tobacco

For those who find the definition of Nebbiolo as "roses and tar" difficult to understand

light in colour and always pleasant

this amazing Friulano is "smoky with gingery spices and flint giving way to crushed pear

Nebbiolo 100% Natural fermentation followed by maceration on the skins for at least 35 days Manually selected bunches with low yields from 40-year old vines Soil: fluvioglacial clay and lime

"Torrette" CROTTA DI PRADO, Valle d'Aosta DOP 2018 IGT dark chocolate and tobaccoTorrette is the most common red wine from La Valle. Crotta del Prado produces around 15000 bottles per year. Torrette is a blend of local grapes Petit Rouge (80%), Premetta, Fumin and Cornalin (20%). A beautiful ruby red, often dark, it has scents of wild rose and mountain flowers, and with age develops scents and flavours that remind almonds. It has a good body, is velvety and well rounded and can be enjoyed with salami, sausages and hard cheeses, or