2022 Bruna Grimaldi Langhe Arneis, Piedmont, ItalyABOUT THIS WINE Arneis is a grape variety that has a long history in Piedmont, old documents testify its presence in 1200 after Christ, together with Nebbiolo. White loam rich, limstone and clay soil. Manual harvest carried out in the first 10 days of September. Grapes are gently pressed, low temperature fermented in order to enhance the fruity and floral aromas that generate during this process. The wine does not undergo malolactic fermentation. Fine

we find much richer soils and less limestone

It continues to open up in the glass

we leave the wines on the gross lees for as long as needed

Great care is taken selecting only the best grapes

and is aged for 10 months in barrique

its integration into the Friulian culture and awareness of the grape variety’s name

Rocky and stony soils with good drainage

Brun’s Nouveaus were rated as the top Nouveau of the vintage by France’s Gault Millau magazine several years in a row

beneficial cover crops such as oats

named “Houilleres” — difficult to pronounce and not so pretty sounding

as opposed to appellation blends

mineral-driven Chardonnay