2023 Sette, Barbera d'Asti DOCG Piedmont, Italy Gerard Duplessis 2016 Ashes & Diamonds Blanc

2016 Ashes & Diamonds Blanc

south-facing

100% chardonnay

each one corresponding to a unique soil type: “Sandstein” or sandstone and “Muschelkalk” or limestone

Giampaolo Venica makes “Piccolo” – a blend of the same grapes from the same locations with the fruit that I felt did not deserve to be in “B”

2023 Sette, Barbera d'Asti DOCG Piedmont, Italy Gerard Duplessis 2016 Ashes & Diamonds BlancBarbera dAsti is harvested from vines planted in 1940, 1990, and 2002 on a south, east and west facing steep slope between 220 280m on chalky and marly bedrock with deep silt and calcareous and siliceous topsoil. Barbera dAsti is destemmed and naturally fermented up to 18C for 36 38 days with a submerged cap days with no extractions, followed by 10 months in concrete with the first sulfites added after malolactic fermentation. Its neither filtered nor