Scarbolo Friuli Grave Pinot Grigio 'Mepari' 2023 Mendoza Le Bois Roussot sits high

Le Bois Roussot sits high on the slope

from the high-altitude gravelly clay-limestone of the Tagelsteiner vineyard just outside the town of Pfaffstätten

The estate’s phenomenal Saumur Rosé is pure Cabernet Franc

A somewhat briefer period of maceration than she employed previously for the “Coste di Riavolo

These northeast-facing hillsides are covered in a meter-thick deposit of glacial loess whose silty

Scarbolo Friuli Grave Pinot Grigio 'Mepari' 2023 Mendoza Le Bois Roussot sits highMeaning my father in Friulian dialect, Mepari is sourced from Scarbolos oldest Pinot Grigioa low yielding 1. 4 hectare parcel in the easternmost section of the limestone heavy Pozzut vineyard in Lauzacco with vines a minimum of 27 years old. Fermentation of the 2023 Mepari began in stainless steel via pied de cuve and finished in 20 hectoliter Slavonian oak cask with spillover into three smaller barrels. In contrast to the subtle skin maceration