Grifalco, Aglianico del Vulture 'Daginestra', 2021 SPAINCOUNT0528 The 2016 vintage—a legendary year

The 2016 vintage—a legendary year in Bordeaux—is now at its drinking window: silky tannins

terroir-driven wine that highlights the potential of Chenin Blanc in California

it’s generous but controlled—silky in texture

The palate is equally impressive

and as they've lately embraced regenerative farming

Grifalco, Aglianico del Vulture 'Daginestra', 2021 SPAINCOUNT0528 The 2016 vintage—a legendary yearThe two Grifalco cru Aglianicos make a fascinating pair same family, same cellar treatment, two very different volcanic soils. Where Damaschito comes from iron stained red ground in San Martino, Daginestra hails from the commune of Ginestra: sandy soil shot through with volcanic ash, plus pockets of limestone and clay that give the earth a gray cast. The vines are 80 years old, the parcel just 1. 4 hectares. Grifalco the Piccin family project founded