Danilo Thomain Enfer d'Arvier DOC 2019Whispers of Pinot Noir and Gamay are interwoven with the darkly elegant Petit Rouge grape (indigenous to Valle d'Aosta it makes up 90% of the Enfer d'Arvier DOC a 7 hectare, south facing terraced rock wall between 680 800 metres). Medium weight and cooly fruit driven the wine spontaneously ferments in Danilo's freezing cold mountain cellar and comes to life in stainless steel. Utterly singular in the world of Italian wine. On the ascent towards Mont

” Oliver McCrum Wines & Spirits

Barrel fermentation is followed by 40% of the fruit spending 6 months in large oak

Certified Ecocert organic and Demeter biodynamic

A red blend of Tintore (Tintore di Tramonti to be precise: a unique biotype found just within Monte di Grazia's tiny vineyards) and Piedirosso from very old vines in rugged hills of the Amalfi coast

Winemaking

facing east at 400m

Antonio Galloni

This Blanc de Morgex et la Salle is fresh and fragrant with aromas of apple

Medicinal plants

Achingly sparse and piercing with barely a drop of sugar

The aromatics alone are just captivating

and bright — while cocoa