Plozza Rosso di Valtellina 2019 CS20230804 crushed chalk

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Loomis #1 is one of his favorite finds: an old-vine

This is the real deal: a 2015 with the long aging Vin Jaune demands

built from 50-60 year old vines plus additional parcels of 80-year-old bush vines

Plozza Rosso di Valtellina 2019 CS20230804 crushed chalkNebbiolo grown on cliffs. Valtellina is the alpine valley in Lombardy where the grape is called Chiavennasca and the vineyards are stacked on stone terraces so steep that everything is done by hand, sometimes by cable. Plozza has been working these slopes since the 1920s, and the Rosso di Valtellina is the house's everyday bottle the one you open on a Tuesday rather than save for a decade. Mountain air keeps it lifted and lean where Barolo goes broad