2022 ArPePe "Pettirosso" Valtellina Superiore (Nebbiolo)

Il Pettirosso is ArPePe’s portrait of Sassella and Grumello in one glass, from grass-covered, south-facing terraces between 400 and 550 metres, with a long maceration in wooden vats and a year in those vats and big casks before bottle. It is the bridge between the Rosso and the single crus. In the glass, it pours a bright, translucent ruby. The nose is lifted and savoury: dark cherry, dried rose, incense, licorice, a hint of game and brown spice. On the palate, it is grippy, zippy and vertical, with soft, bright cherry fruit, fine-grained tannins and a mouthwatering sapidity through a long, floral finish. At $59.99 this is the ArPePe to buy by the case: polenta taragna, braised rabbit, a wedge of Bitto. Drink over the next eight years.