NINO NEGRI MAZER VALTELLINA SUPERIORE DOCG 2020 Grenache and supple tannins

and supple tannins

pushing harvest later and slowing ripening on gravelly-sandy soils over granite bedrock

and mouth-watering

this label brings together their expertise in Chardonnay and Pinot Noir

NINO NEGRI MAZER VALTELLINA SUPERIORE DOCG 2020 Grenache and supple tanninsNino Negri has been working Valtellina's near vertical terraces since 1897, making them the reference point for alpine Nebbiolo in northern Lombardy. The Mazr named from the local dialect word for 'distinguished' draws from south facing slopes between roughly 900 and 1,600 feet, where shallow sandy loam soils retained by dry stone walls push the vine hard. Ten to fifteen percent of the grapes are dried before separate fermentation, then blended back