Arnoux Pere et Fils Corton Le Rognet 2019 CS20230516 and delicate rose petals touched

and delicate rose petals touched by liquorice—Manincor's Mason Pinot Nero shows what South Tyrol's Alpine terroir can achieve

The backbone here is Carignane from hundred-year-old vines in the hills west of Ukiah

beeswax — and it's drinking beautifully now

From two hillside vineyards in Montalcino planted in the late 1980s and 1990s

Arnoux Pere et Fils Corton Le Rognet 2019 CS20230516 and delicate rose petals touchedDomaine Arnoux Pere et Fils is a longtime Chorey les Beaune family estate that quietly bottles some of the best priced Grand Crus in the Cote de Beaune. Le Rognet sits on the steep, sun facing eastern side of the Corton hill, on the Ladoix end iron rich red clay and limestone marl soils that historically made this the first climat on this flank to earn Grand Cru status. The 2019 vintage was warm but balanced, giving Pinot Noir of real concentration