2020 Grattamacco Bolgheri Superiore, Bolgheri, Tuscany, ItalyABOUT THIS WINE Grapes are hand harvested and carefully selected in vineyards with an average age of 25 years. Spontaneous fermentation occurs in 7 hl oak vats with a frequent and gentle manual "pigeage," enabling long macerations and slow release of only fully ripe and noble tannins. This wine was aged for 18 months in oak barrels and bottled in August 2022. ABOUT THIS PRODUCER Founded in 1977, and acquired by the Tipa Bertarelli Family in 2002,

to allow the wine to take its amplitude and reveal its incredible balance

a steep (25%) south-southeast-facing slope on the highest part of the Corton hill

nature-focused approach contributes to the many dimensions of richness and complexity in our wines

Also in this zone there are significant variations of soil types from clayey-calcareous to limestone soils with hilly and semi-mountainous cup-shaped vineyards and the age of the vineyards is over forty years

Up to 30 days maceration in enamel-coated concrete vats

Wild fermentation with 1/3 whole bunches

Bouzeron in 1997

and sorting of the grapes by density

with a total maceration time of fourteen to eighteen days

Forlorn Hope is an unfiltered/unfined blend of Zinfandel

by carrying out alcoholic and malolactic fermentation in Burgundian pieces

The 2021 vintage in Piedmont is noted for its balance