
2005
Region
Italy › Vino
Type
red · still
Grapes
Barbera, Merlot, Freisa, Dolcetto
Alcohol
13.5%
Volume
750 mL
Twenty years old and still feels insanely young - that's the first thing to process. Autumn forest floor, raspberry, dried cooking herbs, and tobacco on the nose, with an unexpected note of bai mu dan tea cake adding an almost meditative quality. On the palate, the tannins are dry but deceptively sweet, well integrated and balanced by bright acidity and genuine juiciness. Despite the structural intensity, the fruit quality is pristine and expressive. A wine that has taken two decades of patience and repaid it with something profound.
Notes of autumn forest floor, raspberry, herbaceous tones like dried cooking herbs, tobacco, and fruits. On the palate, it offers dry tannins, but despite the intensity, they are well integrated and balanced by higher acidity and overall juiciness with neat fruit quality. Still feels insanely young. Great wine.
A literal "black sheep," Pecoranera is a blend of Freisa, Barbera, Dolcetto, and Merlot. It undergoes 40 days of skin contact with native yeasts, spontaneous fermentation, 12 months of ageing in steel tanks and oak barrels, and 8 years in bottles. Around 15,000 bottles are produced annually.