Picchioni, Croatina Buttafuoco Oltrepo Pavese "Solinghino", 2024 SO110421_Bordeaux_Sale arriving 2/19) captures what makes

arriving 2/19) captures what makes Dutraive's Fleurie special: expression of granite terroir

planted to Friulian clones

then 24 months of elevage in large Austrian oak botte

The "1896" refers to the year these ungrafted Riesling vines were planted in the Maximin Herrenberg vineyard

or Savoie whites looking to explore Italy’s cooler

Picchioni, Croatina Buttafuoco Oltrepo Pavese "Solinghino", 2024 SO110421_Bordeaux_Sale arriving 2/19) captures what makesButtafuoco 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