Serafino Rivella, Barbaresco Montestefano, 2001 PZCalifornia Pierre Moncuit’s Champagne “Delos” Brut

Pierre Moncuit’s Champagne “Delos” Brut Blanc de Blancs Grand Cru NV is a beautifully crafted expression of Chardonnay from the Grand Cru village of Le Mesnil-sur-Oger in the Côte des Blancs

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The result is unlike almost anything else in wine: dry

Selected from casks that retained delicate flor yeast despite exceeding six years of aging

Serafino Rivella, Barbaresco Montestefano, 2001 PZCalifornia Pierre Moncuit’s Champagne “Delos” BrutTeobaldo Rivella walks out of his house into the garden and finds himself standing in Montestefano, one of the greatest sites for Nebbiolo anywhere. That is the whole story of this estate: about two hectares inside a single cru, planted by his father in 1963, and a family that has never seen a reason to complicate it. Rivella makes just two wines from it, the Barbaresco and a serious Dolcetto. Montestefano is the most powerful of Barbaresco's crus,