Contrada Palui, Valpolicella Superiore "Graspo Alto" Veneto, Italy 2022 merch In the mid 90’s Gianni

In the mid 90’s Gianni and Laura

The grapes used to make this wine are hand-harvested from nine separate lots and each lot is vinified separately

Aged on the lees for 24 months

a region along the Adriatic in the “heel of the boot” of farthest southeast Italy

for some time

Contrada Palui, Valpolicella Superiore "Graspo Alto" Veneto, Italy 2022 merch In the mid 90’s GianniHilltop Valpolicella from Clay Amphorae. Originally from Alto Adige, Hannes Pichler moved to Valpolicella a decade ago to farm a 3 hectare abandoned cow pasture on top of a hill east of Negrar, at between 500 550 meters, the highest elevation of the DOC. With an outsiders fresh approach, Hannes planted a selection of Corvina, Rondinella, and Corvinone, specifically avoiding the Bordelaise varieties that he says almost everyone in the region uses