Picchioni, Croatina Buttafuoco Oltrepo Pavese "Solinghino", 2024 SO110421_Bordeaux_Sale planted to Friulian clones

planted to Friulian clones

elevation and exposure create a Brunello unlike any other in Le Ragnaie’s portfolio: mid-weight

without sulfur additions at bottling

then 24 months of elevage in large Austrian oak botte

same vineyards

Picchioni, Croatina Buttafuoco Oltrepo Pavese "Solinghino", 2024 SO110421_Bordeaux_Sale planted to Friulian clonesButtafuoco translates roughly to "sparks like fire" a swaggering name for one of Lombardy's most overlooked reds, made from Croatina in the hills of the Oltrepo Pavese. Andrea Picchioni is a small, organic minded grower who has quietly become a benchmark for this off the radar zone, working steep, stony hillside plots that most producers wrote off long ago. "Solinghino" blends Croatina with Barbera and Vespolina, sees about a week on the skins, and