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Schioppettino, Ronchi di Cialla - 1996

Name: Schioppettino, Ronchi di Cialla
Brand: Ronchi di Cialla
SKU: 28041
Price: 84.96 USD
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Item # 28041 750mL

This maturing Schioppettino demonstrates soft leather and damp earth on the nose, though the palate is lively with dark berries, an assertive structure, indicating a long life still ahead.

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Color

Red

Vintage

1996

Country

Italy

Region

Friuli-Venezia Giulia

Sub-Region

Colli Orientali

Producer

Ronchi di Cialla

Grape Variety

Schioppettino

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Staff Pick Notes

It’s interesting to think about the trajectory of things. When I was just a lad, and didn’t even know the name of this grape, it was pressed and just beginning its journey to me. Years later, I would try Schiopettino for the first time in an Italian restaurant. Meanwhile, this juice was still slowly maturing in the high altitude cellars of Friuli. Finally, this bottle arrived at my table after a 25 year journey. Crushed berries, black tea, wet earth, and soft leather teemed from my glass. We were strangers, shared a meal together, and left on intimate terms.

- SD

About the Producer

Undine, Friuli, Italy This historical Friulian Estate is strictly a family business. While Dina and Paolo Rapuzzi, who founded it in 1970, were attached by wine growing, their children Pierpaolo and Ivan belong to a generation that "grew up with vines". The policy of the estate was from the beginning to work only with indigenous varieties, such as Ribolla, Refosco, Schioppettino, Verduzzo and...

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Glossary

Friuli-Venezia Giulia

Famous for its fascinating and unusual white wines, this region is home to many avant-garde winemakers (such as Gravner and Vie di Romans) who have expanded their repertoire of winemaking styles to include both the most modern, stainless-steel and barrique-influenced wines, to über-traditional wines with long maceration periods, fermented in clay amphorae. The grape that benefits most from the latter of these unusual and ancient techniques is the white varietal, Ribola Gialla, which yields...