Piemonte
2022 Ruggeri Corsini - Langhe DOC Rosso Matot (750ml)
The one blended Corsini wine. This, effectively, is the farm’s second
label, created to enable it to keep a high standard with its other wines (everything is estate
bottled at Ruggeri Corsini; nothing is sold in bulk to traders, a fact that makes quality control
for a wine like Matot particularly important). Matot is, as Nicola says, a glass of Piedmontese
red. Based on Dolcetto, with varying percentages of Nebbiolo, Barbera, Albarossa and Pinot
Nero.
-Importer notes (V59)
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