2013 Joaquin 'Piante a Lapio' Campania Fiano, Italy Fribourg Soil: granite mother rock

Soil: granite mother rock

pleasing tannins

The wine macerates on the skins before being pressed

The grapes are destemmed

Ki No Tea Dry Gin

2013 Joaquin 'Piante a Lapio' Campania Fiano, Italy Fribourg Soil: granite mother rockRaffaeles Piante a Lapio is truly outside of category. Made from 80 to 100 year old Fiano planted in Lapios high altitude volcanic soils, it is fermented spontaneously in casks of chestnut and acacia from local forests, and aged in those same vessels for nearly five years with no topping up. Incredibly, it develops a yeast veil just as a Jura wine would, although Piante a Lapio is marked notably less by veil derived elements than a Jura Savagnin. This