Description

Schioppettino is Friuli’s own red grape, and Paolo Rodaro grows his at Spessa di Cividale del Friuli in the Friuli Colli Orientali. He dries the clusters in small crates for a week before pressing, appassimento style, then ages the wine two full years in big Slavonian oak casks. That patience turns a peppery mountain grape into something plush. Cherry and cracked pepper, soft edges, 13.5 percent. This is the bottle to hand the regular who claims they have tried everything.