a combination that keeps the grape's natural plushness in check and lets the terroir do the talking
and aging in old large-format wood
while the finish is long and refreshing
with fine-grained tannins and a vibrant acidity that keeps the wine fresh and energetic
one of Barolo’s most elegant communes
Giuseppe Cipolla, Le Robbe, 2024 CHAMPCT0612 a combination that keeps theGiuseppe Cipolla might just be Sicily's next superstar grower, working a family farm in Contrada Passofonduto near Agrigento, where old salt and sulfur mines left the soils marked with gypsum, halite, and chalk. Le Robbe means "the goods" in southern dialect, and it delivers: Nero d'Avola with about 15% local white varieties, from dark clay limestone and a parcel of ancient alberello vines, some over 230 years old. Short maceration, neutral barrels,