Scarbolo Friuli Grave Pinot Grigio 'Mepari' 2023 Mendoza though no less richly fruited

though no less richly fruited

“Arboreus” is made from a Trebbiano clone known as Trebbiano Spoletino which is trained so that the fruit hangs high above the ground

from the high-altitude gravelly clay-limestone of the Tagelsteiner vineyard just outside the town of Pfaffstätten

which spends a lengthy 21 months in barrels

These northeast-facing hillsides are covered in a meter-thick deposit of glacial loess whose silty

Scarbolo Friuli Grave Pinot Grigio 'Mepari' 2023 Mendoza though no less richly fruitedMeaning my father in Friulian dialect, Mepari is sourced from Scarbolos oldest Pinot Grigioa low yielding 1. 4 hectare parcel in the easternmost section of the limestone heavy Pozzut vineyard in Lauzacco with vines a minimum of 27 years old. Fermentation of the 2023 Mepari began in stainless steel via pied de cuve and finished in 20 hectoliter Slavonian oak cask with spillover into three smaller barrels. In contrast to the subtle skin maceration