Barberani, Orvieto Castagnolo, 2024 so040926 grosse pierre served slightly chilled

served slightly chilled

then three years in large Slavonian and French oak casks

and quietly complex

distinctly Serralunga

this is Barsac's signature elegance at its peak

Barberani, Orvieto Castagnolo, 2024 so040926 grosse pierre served slightly chilledOrvieto, but the serious version. Barberani has worked the volcanic tufa hills above Lake Corbara since 1961, and Niccol Barberani now farms biodynamically and organically practices that show up in the glass as detail and quiet energy rather than weight. Castagnolo, named for a single chestnut grove vineyard, is the estate's expression of Orvieto Classico Superiore: roughly seventy percent Grechetto with Trebbiano Procanico, fermented on native yeasts