Les Crêtes Valle d’Aosta Pinot Nero DOP 2023
Les Crêtes Valle d’Aosta Pinot Nero DOP 2023
- Italien
- Valle d'Aosta
- 2023
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- 88POINTS Wine Spectator
- 92POINTS JamesSuckling.comJames Suckling
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Food pairings
- Poultry
- Veal
- Mushroom dishes
- Hard cheese
- Charcuterie
Try it with
- Coq au vin
- Ossau-Iraty
- Duck breast
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About the wine
Elegant mountain Pinot Nero with nerve and finesse.
Pinot Nero from Les Crêtes is a textbook example of how to make a cool, precise, and elegant red wine in the heights around La Tour d’Aymavilles in Aosta. Here, at 650 meters altitude, Pinot Nero is grown on steep slopes with granite-rich soil, where the alpine climate provides the grape with optimal conditions for slow ripening and great aromatic complexity.
In the glass, the wine appears ruby red with garnet tones. The aroma offers red berries – especially strawberries – along with sage and a hint of grapefruit. The taste is elegant and balanced, with silky tannins, fresh acidity, and a mineral finish that reflects the altitude and granite-rich soil.
Serve it in large Burgundy glasses.
The wine can easily be stored for up to 20 years – but already tastes seductively good now.
The wine is made from 100% Pinot Nero from a Burgundian clone. Harvesting is done by hand in mid-October. Vinified exclusively in steel. After a short cold maceration, the wine is fermented at low temperature with gentle pump-overs, then aged in 25 hl large French barrels for 12 months and an additional year in the bottle.
The result is a wine with purity and depth - perfectly balanced!
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