Grumello Riserva 2012 Valtellina Superiore DOCG - Dirupi

Grumello Riserva 2012 – Dirupi

Dirupi is the small winery founded in 2004 at Montagna in Valtellina by Davide Fasolini and Pierpaolo Di Franco, childhood friends and oenologists. With no family vineyards, they rented and revived abandoned terraces on the steepest slopes (the "dirupi", or cliffs, of the name), and within a few years became one of Valtellina's most sought-after names.

Grumello is the Valtellina Superiore subzone named after the thirteenth-century castle that towers over the vineyards. Here Nebbiolo (Chiavennasca) grows on dry-stone terraces with sandy, granitic soils above 500 metres. The work is almost entirely by hand; after a long maceration the wine ages in a large oak cask.

The 2012 is over ten years old and shows an Alpine Nebbiolo now mature: small red fruits, dried flowers, spice, earthy and mineral notes, with fine tannins and still lively acidity. With pizzoccheri, game, bresaola and mountain cheeses such as Bitto.

At a glance: Nebbiolo 100% · 14% ABV · 0.75 l · Dirupi, Montagna in Valtellina (SO)