Giulia Negri, Barolo Serradenari, 2016 palinkerie holiday box If you think of South

If you think of South African reds as big and sunny

no heavy extraction

An ensamble built on cultivated Espadin and wild-harvested Barril and Mexicano — the wild agaves are where the citrus and floral lift comes from

Just chill it down

She farms organically and works whole-cluster with no new oak

Giulia Negri, Barolo Serradenari, 2016 palinkerie holiday box If you think of SouthSerradenari is the hill Giulia Negri grew up on and the name of her estate, and it happens to sit among the highest vineyard ground in all of Barolo. Altitude does specific things to Nebbiolo: it slows ripening, holds acidity, and trades some of the appellation's famous muscle for perfume and precision. This is the estate's flagship and it drinks like it, with rose petal and red cherry up front, wild herbs and crushed stone underneath, and tannins