Proprieta Sperino Lessona 2019 NO20230719 and an almost Medoc-like tannic

and an almost Medoc-like tannic architecture

focused South African red that shows what its signature grape can do when someone actually restrains it

The elevage in large format Slovenien oak Botti pushed this contrast further by retaining freshness while also filling out the mouthfeel and structure

fresh ground coffee

What's left is Champagne stripped back to its frame: chalk

Proprieta Sperino Lessona 2019 NO20230719 and an almost Medoc-like tannicLessona was once one of Italy's great wine names, and then phylloxera, war and the factory jobs of the industrial north emptied the hills out. Paolo de Marchi the man behind Isole e Olena in Chianti came back to his family's ancestral ground with his son Luca in 1999 to bring it back, and Propriet Sperino is the result: one of the most important vineyard restorations in Italy. The soils here are ancient sea sand, acidic and mineral, and they give