Giuseppe Quintarelli 'Alzero' Veneto IGT 2017Alzero Cabernet IGT: Harvested before most other grapes, at the end of August and beginning of September Careful selection of grapes during harvest After harvest, grapes sit in wooden boxes or on rush mats Dried grapes are pressed in mid December Grapes are pressed and after 20 days of maceration, alcoholic fermentation begins with indigenous yeasts Fermentation lasts approximately 50 days Wine is then aged in French barrels for two or three years,

After responding to a small classified ad in a national wine publication

Sylvie owns 1

Brilliant garnet-red color

Clos l’Eglise is a naughty little treat

34% Marsanne

“The Crossroads of Souls”) is nothing short of explosive

sourced from the most important vineyards consisting of 153 plots in 25 sites at the contiguous property

and a hint of cracked pepper

and bright fruits one expects from the appellation

located west of Los Alamos

Étienne Grivot and his wife Marielle (Patrick Bize's sister) took over from Étienne’s father Jean Grivot in 1987

The wine has a total SO2 of only 25mg/L