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Crealto

Grignolino 'Marcaleone' 2022

$23.00

Grignolino 'Marcaleone' 2022

Crealto

Grignolino 'Marcaleone' 2022

$23.00

A charmingly grippy but lighter bodied rustic Italian charmer. Think pizza wine, but with tannins.

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100% Grignolino from a 2 hectare vineyard of clay and limestone-gypsum soils, with a south/southwest exposure. The vines are 60 years old.  Spontaneous fermentation in stainless steel tanks followed by an additional 8 months in tank and 2-3 months in bottle.  As Eleonora and Luigi Costa say of Grignolino: “odd wine, difficult wine, less lucrative but deeply loved.”

- Bowler Wine