Monastero Suore Cistercensi Lazio Rosso Benedic 2024 NO20230816 A pure white flower nose

A pure white flower nose gives way to brilliant notes of fresh chalk

pink peppercorn

chilly valley where grapes fight for ripeness in most years — and where the wines come out electric because of it

The result is even more complex than previous releases

This is intended to be a juniper-forward gin

Monastero Suore Cistercensi Lazio Rosso Benedic 2024 NO20230816 A pure white flower noseThe nuns really do make the wine. The Cistercian sisters of Vitorchiano, about an hour north of Rome, farm their vineyards themselves and have done so organically since the early 1990s, with Giampiero Bea of Paolo Bea advising them since the early 2000s. Benedic is their only red and the hardest of their wines to lay hands on: equal parts Ciliegiolo and Sangiovese with a splash of Merlot (45 45 10) grown on volcanic soils, fermented naturally for