Giulia Negri, Langhe Pinot Nero La Tartufaia, 2017 NO20230823 dried roses

dried roses

Fermented on skins with indigenous yeast and aged 20+ months in large oak foudres without fining or filtration

This is a tiny-production curiosity that turns out to be genuinely delicious: light

run by Philippe Cheron — is quietly one of the addresses to watch

Giulia Negri, Langhe Pinot Nero La Tartufaia, 2017 NO20230823 dried rosesPinot Noir in Barolo country sounds like heresy until you see where it is planted. Giulia Negri's vines sit on the Serradenari hill above La Morra, among the highest ground in the zone, where the air is cooler and Burgundy's grape suddenly makes sense; she spent time in Burgundy learning how to handle it. La Tartufaia is the truffle wood alongside the vines, and it lends the wine its name; the Pinot Nero itself sits on the estate's cooler, north