Joaquin Fiano di Avellino 'Piante a Lapio' 2013 Languedoc Paul favors a gentle but

Paul favors a gentle but long extraction and ages the wine in cement egg for 12 months with minimal sulfur additions

Cuvaison lasts c

The Riserva is aged for two years in large Slavonian oak barrels of 50 hectoliter size

(50% new oak

is 100% Xarel·lo

Joaquin Fiano di Avellino 'Piante a Lapio' 2013 Languedoc Paul favors a gentle butRaffaeles 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