2022 Miani Merlot Colli Orientali del Friuli, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy 1.5L Magnum Chateau Grand Village nourished by values and flavours

nourished by values and flavours

The vines are plowed and cultivated without weedkillers or synthetic product

with very little topsoil and a huge amount of “Bluestone” rock just below the surface

• Practicing Organic• 100% Chardonnay• Sourced from Trout Gulch Vineyard (Santa Cruz Mountains AVA)• East facing site • Sand and lifted shallow seabed soils• 35-40-year-old own-rooted vines• Hand-harvested• Crushed on the stem and pressed• Fermented in 7–12-year-old barrels with complete malo• Aged in barrel for 12 months on gross lees• Racked and consolidated into stainless steel for an additional 3-6 months prior to bottling• 12

Elio Perrone Bigaro Rose Piedmont

2022 Miani Merlot Colli Orientali del Friuli, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy 1.5L Magnum Chateau Grand Village nourished by values and flavoursThe early Merlots were made from a combination of fruit from Rosazzo and Buttrio, but in 2004 Pontoni began experimenting with bottling the wines separately; giving birth to his Merlots Filip (Rosazzo) and Buri (Buttrio). This blends the different sites on the estate.