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We might look at a wine that nearly doesn't exist I reckon i visited the only vineyard of Montonico Pinto. Francesco Rizzo makes about 700 bottles of still white and 500 of Metodo Classico Pas Dose sparkling. Firstly, i fell in love with the site, 600 above see with the Pollino mountain as a background, sitting on a lovely saddle, not even an hectare. It's absolutely stunning, and i have seen a few vineyards. Francesco planted vines in 2006 during a project to protect the biodiversity of the area, and nowadays, he holds an enormous genetic patrimony. With the montonico pinto he thought he had some mantonico with a problem; the berries all had this dot and he treated the vines for 2 years thinking they were damaged or having trouble until one of the elders of the village came by and mentioned to him that the berries had nothing wrong and that the 'puntinata'(old local name) would grow like that just because that's how it is. Thet was a new start, and then 'puntinata' became 'pinto'. The wine is peculiar; it has a specific balsamic finish, which can remember sage or mint nearly. We meet a good acidity, and we can only hope Francesco will do better and better with it. The sparkling was out of stock, but i was gifted a couple of bottles for the Masterclass at the Pollino Wine Fest. Everyone went crazy, that would have been a 9.4. It reminded me of a good Pinot Meunier from the Val de Marne.
To be honest, there is another producer(L'Acino) who had been donated some graftings in the past and might have put together another vineyard, but i need to find out. It's all quite exciting, though!! — a day ago
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We might look at a wine that nearly doesn't exist
I reckon i visited the only vineyard of Montonico Pinto. Francesco Rizzo makes about 700 bottles of still white and 500 of Metodo Classico Pas Dose sparkling.
Firstly, i fell in love with the site, 600 above see with the Pollino mountain as a background, sitting on a lovely saddle, not even an hectare. It's absolutely stunning, and i have seen a few vineyards.
Francesco planted vines in 2006 during a project to protect the biodiversity of the area, and nowadays, he holds an enormous genetic patrimony.
With the montonico pinto he thought he had some mantonico with a problem; the berries all had this dot and he treated the vines for 2 years thinking they were damaged or having trouble until one of the elders of the village came by and mentioned to him that the berries had nothing wrong and that the 'puntinata'(old local name) would grow like that just because that's how it is. Thet was a new start, and then 'puntinata' became 'pinto'.
The wine is peculiar; it has a specific balsamic finish, which can remember sage or mint nearly.
We meet a good acidity, and we can only hope Francesco will do better and better with it.
The sparkling was out of stock, but i was gifted a couple of bottles for the Masterclass at the Pollino Wine Fest. Everyone went crazy, that would have been a 9.4. It reminded me of a good Pinot Meunier from the Val de Marne.
To be honest, there is another producer(L'Acino) who had been donated some graftings in the past and might have put together another vineyard, but i need to find out. It's all quite exciting, though!! — a day ago