La Visciola, Cesanese Del Piglio Priore Mozzatta, 2020 SO060525 Gahier layered with a smoky finish

layered with a smoky finish

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La Visciola, Cesanese Del Piglio Priore Mozzatta, 2020 SO060525 Gahier layered with a smoky finishA one time back vintage release of a wine that, once it's gone, won't be made or offered again. La Visciola is the tiny biodynamic estate that Piero Macciocca and his wife Rosa Alessandri built in 2005 to rescue Cesanese, the near forgotten native red of Lazio, just south of Rome. The Mozzatta bottling comes from a single parcel of 75 plus year old vines rooted in rare white clay, which gives it the deepest concentration and most haunting aromatics of