Montebuono

Montebuono is Lino Maga's sibling cuvée to the legendary Barbacarlo, from a south-facing parcel adjacent to but less extreme than the Barbacarlo slope in the Oltrepò Pavese commune of Broni. The blend is Croatina-led with Uva Rara, Vespolina (Ughetta locally) and a touch of Barbera. Fruit is foot-trodden, ferments spontaneously for seven to eight days, ages around eight months in 3000-litre old casks racked by the moon, and is bottled the spring after the following harvest with fermentation often still finishing in glass.