Wine region

Sforzato della Valtellina

Italy

Here, the Nebbiolo grape dries on racks for months before fermentation—a deliberate slowness that concentrates tannins and dark fruit into wines of austere power.

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Sforzato della Valtellina

Here, the Nebbiolo grape dries on racks for months before fermentation—a deliberate slowness that concentrates tannins and dark fruit into wines of austere power. The result tastes less like Piedmont's voluptuous versions and more like stone and iron wrapped in silk.

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