Ronchi di Cialla Friuli Colli Orientali Schioppettino RiNera 2023 LD25SALE it occupies a fascinating space

it occupies a fascinating space between beer and wine

Smooth and rich with Meyer lemon

and years in big old casks

Medium-bodied with a rich mouthfeel

off the estate's classed-growth Saint-Julien vineyards (Gruaud Larose only began converting to organic farming in 2019)

Ronchi di Cialla Friuli Colli Orientali Schioppettino RiNera 2023 LD25SALE it occupies a fascinating spaceSchioppettino was all but extinct after phylloxera until Paolo and Dina Rapuzzi brought it back from a handful of surviving vines in the 1970s and helped get its cultivation declared legal again in 1976, with the first modern vintage following in 1977. Since founding Ronchi di Cialla in 1970, this family has stayed under the radar with the public while occupying sacred ground for Italy collectors and Friuli geeks. They farm naturally on a limestone