{"product_id":"marino-lanzini-valgella-riserva-valtellina-superiore-docg-2017","title":"Marino Lanzini VALGELLA RISERVA  Valtellina Superiore DOCG (2017) –– Lombardia","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMarino's slowest wine: the best bunches from the best terraces, and years in the cellar before he lets it go.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTHE GRAPE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChiavennasca — Nebbiolo of the Alps — from the oldest vines in Valgella. A Riserva here means the fruit was good enough to wait for: longer in wood, longer in bottle, released only when it is ready to be taken seriously.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTHE WINE\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2017 was a warm, low-yielding year in the mountains and the wine has the concentration to prove it, now softened by nearly a decade. Dried cherry and fig, tobacco leaf, liquorice, a long, savoury finish that keeps unfolding. Still plenty of life in it. Decant for an hour; drink over the next ten years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFOOD PAIRING\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe big Sunday dishes: brasato, roast game, a rib of beef, or venison with polenta. And Bitto Storico, if you can find it — the aged mountain cheese made for exactly this wine.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTHE WINEMAKER\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMarino Lanzini took over his family's vineyards and cellar in Ponte in Valtellina in 2015 and started by doing the hard thing: rebuilding his grandfather's terraces in Valgella by hand, one stone at a time. He is a quiet man who makes a small amount of wine and does not rush it — oak, a little chestnut, and time. His wines taste of the family and the mountain, in that order. Nebbiolo from the Alps, farmed by someone who still climbs it.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Marino Lanzini","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57484390760823,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0297\/7208\/7349\/files\/000-PV_Bottle_6f32babe-cd8b-4c36-af7a-b496649af55a.png?v=1790107974","url":"https:\/\/shop.passionevino.co.uk\/products\/marino-lanzini-valgella-riserva-valtellina-superiore-docg-2017","provider":"Passione Vino","version":"1.0","type":"link"}