2021 J. G. Benda Pietrafocaia di Sopra Toscana IGT, Tuscany, Italy Theo Dancer linden flower

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The fruit was hand-harvested and whole-bunch pressed with full solids to old 500L French foudres

Red-fruited with orange peel and spice aromas and chalky

La Ciguapa was racked via gravity into stainless steel for three months before being bottled in summer of 2021

the juice is fermented spontaneously and slowly (up to six months) with natural yeasts in mainly-used Burgundy barrels

2021 J. G. Benda Pietrafocaia di Sopra Toscana IGT, Tuscany, Italy Theo Dancer linden flowerAnother collector's item, the 2021 Pietrafocaia is a Brunello in every way except that they do not have the rights to call this vineyard Brunello (new Brunello rights cannot be created; they must be purchased or possibly transferred kind of like how liquor licenses work in some states). This is a single vineyard selection of the very best fruit from John's favorite vineyard. Redolent of the original vintages of "Pergole Torte" or even Soldera wines