Valtellina Superiore Riserva Sassella 'Ultimi Raggi', ARPEPE 2006 Bottle:1 The aroma is first dominated

The aroma is first dominated by the tones of green apple

and the purity and nativeness of the Black Forest

In this wine I search the balance between the fresh minerality of Vermentino and the rich complexity that the Viognier can give

Nose :  Honey and cocoa are laced with a hint of smokiness and a shot of espresso

an orchestra of three grape varieties plays a particularly balanced score

Valtellina Superiore Riserva Sassella 'Ultimi Raggi', ARPEPE 2006 Bottle:1 The aroma is first dominatedThe Peregos believe that a true expression of grape, place and vintage is lost when one dries grapes away from the vineyard. Instead they harvest their fruit late, allowing the grapes to dry on the plant. The wine spends thirty days on skins in tini and four years in huge old chestnut casks and is impossibly deep full of warm, sweet fruit, it screams for a good hunk of cheese from the surrounding hills.