2020 Societa Agricola il Sasso Il Valpolicella Classico Superiore, Veneto, Italy Jason Stein Cellar a 100% Pinot Meunier

a 100% Pinot Meunier

and is bottled without fining or filtration

roasted nut quality of Larkmead pokes through quickly though placing this wine stylistically in more of a classic era of California wine

Grand Noir

so we kind of went for what was left– and I couldn’t be happier now

2020 Societa Agricola il Sasso Il Valpolicella Classico Superiore, Veneto, Italy Jason Stein Cellar a 100% Pinot MeunierHand harvestedcoferment of all the varietiesthis wine uses the best perfectly ripened grapes of the vineyard that ripen later from theterraces with east facing expositions. Partial destemming and wholecluster fermentations. When completely dry, we let the must maceratefor a month. No passito is added, as is custom in area, for easy muscle. Soft pressing and aging for at least 12 months in the cement diamonds. No filtration. What results is the