Kante Venezia Giulia Pinot Nero Selezione 2019 NO20230726 dessert sherry

dessert sherry

dark mahogany-colored wine

Round hickory and crisp pear are married harmoniously in this complex yet crushable pear cider

it’s then distilled once

It comes from a single vineyard planted in 1997 down in Castelnuovo dell'Abate

Kante Venezia Giulia Pinot Nero Selezione 2019 NO20230726 dessert sherryEdi Kante is one of the great uncompromising winemakers of the Carso, the rugged limestone plateau between Trieste and Slovenia. He is best known for whites (Vitovska, Malvasia, Chardonnay), but in select vintages he releases a tiny amount of Pinot Nero from high elevation vines planted on pure karst. The Selezione is his top tier small lots chosen in the cellar, aged three years in 250L French oak (only 10% new), then another two years in bottle