Chinato Producer|Nuria Renom

Chinato Producer|Nuria RenomChinato is perhaps Piemontes most famous digestif. Traditionally made with aged Barolo, it takes its name from the bark of quinine (or China) tree, which is the chief botanical here. Vergano prefers to use a younger wine from Barbaresco, the tannins not as firm, the perfume a little more lifted. The china bark lends the wine tea like tannins, while herbs and spices like cinnamon, cloves, cardamom, coriander, bay, ginseng and rhubarb provide warmth and

The nose is laden with pepper

Giving the most textbook notes of the varietals in its expression

choose a frequency and let us take care of the rest

but here you can appreciate how magical it can be when fermented dry

once the home of Noëlla Morantin

an extended time in amphora has imprinted a whole new textural identity on that same herbal

before being pressed to cuve for a short rest

the resulting wines are pure

this sparkler is racy and textured

‘Osarella’ is the name of the hamlet in the municipality of Orvieto where the vineyard is located

the grapes are destemmed and macerated for about a day on the skins

this is the easiest drinking of Yann’s cuvées