Bressan Pinot Nero 2018
- Region
- Italy » Friuli-Venezia Giulia » IGP Venezia Giulia
- Type
- red still, dry
- Producer
- Vintage
- 2018
- Grapes
- Pinot Nero
- Alcohol
- 13
- Volume
- 750 mL
- Cellar
- not available
Ratings
This is Pinot Nero reimagined by a madman - and I mean that as the highest compliment. Take elegant red fruits and flowers, then drench it in pine resin and cover with fir branches. The aromatics are bright and unapologetic, almost aggressive in their openness. Bone dry on the palate but with tannins so sweet they create this bizarre push-pull that somehow works. There's cooked red pepper vegetality, iron-blood notes, wild herbs, eucalyptus. Five years in those massive casks haven't tamed it yet - this is still a teenager learning to walk in designer shoes. Not fully integrated, edges still showing, but already compelling. Long, deep, properly delicious despite its awkward youth. Give it another decade and it might become something transcendent. Right now it's just beautifully weird.
Related Wines
