Ronchi di Cialla Friuli Colli Orientali Schioppettino RiNera 2023 LD25SALE two Loire grapes nobody plants

two Loire grapes nobody plants for prestige and everybody drinks for pleasure

The family only began bottling under its own name after Albert came home from Montana following the war

and years in big old casks

It comes in at 12

and a distinctive Maremma earthiness

Ronchi di Cialla Friuli Colli Orientali Schioppettino RiNera 2023 LD25SALE two Loire grapes nobody plantsSchioppettino was all but extinct after phylloxera until Paolo and Dina Rapuzzi brought it back from a handful of surviving vines in the 1970s and helped get its cultivation declared legal again in 1976, with the first modern vintage following in 1977. Since founding Ronchi di Cialla in 1970, this family has stayed under the radar with the public while occupying sacred ground for Italy collectors and Friuli geeks. They farm naturally on a limestone