Tavignano Rosso Piceno Cervidioni Xarello yet fine and sleek to

yet fine and sleek to the end

A truly collectible bottle of Pinot noir

It’s a village where chalk runs close to the surface and Chardonnay is shaped by tension from the start

And while Ettore took great pride in his work

(although nobody calls him that) is an old man

Tavignano Rosso Piceno Cervidioni Xarello yet fine and sleek toIn the folds of the Marche hills, where the Apennines loosen into olive groves and Adriatic breezes, Rosso Piceno often lives in the shadow of louder Italian names. But Cervidoni reminds you why this blendMontepulciano anchored by Sangiovesehas always been the quiet table wine of central Italy: built for food, built for conversation, built for the second bottle. The 2023 opens with a rush of dark cherry and black plum, but its not a heavy fruit