2 meters of brown clay over the famous Cote des Blancs chalk
The parcel serves as the domaine's biodynamic testing ground
Forstberg is a limestone-rich site in the hills of Württemberg
it shows dark berry fruit
but Louis Barruol (the Rhône hand behind Château de Saint Cosme)
Lorenzo Accomasso, Dolcetto d'Alba, 2021 SpecialSkurnikRieslingOffer 2 meters of brown clayThe last Dolcetto Lorenzo Accomasso ever made before his death in August 2025 at age 91. The 2021 vintage in La Morra was cooler and more classical than the warm 2020, and it shows in the bottle: a Dolcetto with snap and tension, a real backbone of acidity, and the savory bitter almond grip that marks Accomasso's hand from the first sip. As always with this tiny, traditionalist estate, everything is done by feel no shortcuts, no industrial yeast, no