L’ETÀ PIÙ BELLA

WITH AGE COMES BEAUTY

We are delighted to introduce the very first release of L’Età Più Bella (With Age Comes Beauty) - a project close to our hearts, conceived in collaboration with master pruner Marco Simonit.

As the name suggests, this fine wine project has its roots in the conservation and bottling of the most precious old vines from across the world’s finest terroirs. Marco (famed for his work with Domaine Leroy, Chateau d'Yquem, Gaja and many more) is better placed than anyone to understand the importance of old vines as the ambassadors of fine wine and sustainable viticulture, producing the truest possible blueprint of the terroir they come from.

The first edition in the series comes from Marco’s home region of Friuli where he joined forces with his close friend Christian Patat (winemaking consultant at Miani and Ronco del Gnemiz), to make Friuli wines of the highest level, showcasing what some of the best and oldest vines in the region are capable of.

The result is three stunning wines from the 2018 vintage - all distinct and varietally precise, but with a coherent elegance, intensity, minerality and energy that make these some of the most impressive wines we have tried from Friuli:

A Chardonnay from 80+ year old vines from the top Chardonnay village of Manzano.
A Friulano from 50+ year old vines in Corno di Rosazzo.
A Sauvignon Blanc from 30+ year old vines in Dolegna di Collio (30 years may not seem very old but for Sauvignon Blanc, which is particularly susceptible to vine disease, finding healthy vines over 30 years of age is an incredible achievement that growers in Sancerre and Bordeaux would be envious of).

These are superb, elegant wines that showcase how sensational Friuli whites can be. And all in the name of preserving the single most important tenet of fine wine production – old vines.

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TASTING NOTES

"Really expressive nose for a Chardonnay, beeswax, hazelnut, vanilla and elevated white flower notes. Light pepper and white stone minerality come through with air. Creamy palate with distinctly fine, elegant, textural finesse. Ripe melon, yellow apple and honeycomb all dance on the palate! High level of purity and soft acidity but fantastic mineral salinity gives the wine vibrancy. Very long length."

FINE+RARE (ON THE 2018 CHARDONNAY)

"Lean, taut and chiselled, this is a bright lemony Sauvignon with good acidity and some fine herbal hints. It’s quite compact and mineral with precision and focus, finishing quite taut. Stylish stuff."

JAMIE GOODE MW (ON THE 2018 SAUVIGNON)

"Subtle mineral flexed nose, flinty, dry stone, white pepper, ripe grapefruit and white peach skin. Lovely subtlety to the wine and no overt pyrazines. Taut, tense nervosity and a lovely energy. Lemon zest, ripe grapefruit. Texture is very silky and pure. The mid palate is generous rounded, creamy and textural. Mineral, pulsing focus on the long finish. Start tights builds on the palate and finishes very tight with a great salty tang on the finish."

FINE+RARE (ON THE 2018 SAUVIGNON)

"Honeyed, lightly floral aromas with green apple and a touch of spice – white pepper with sweeter beeswax and marzipan notes. Rich, creamy, mouthfilling, almost oily texture with a fine line of acidity running through it, keeping the wine taut on the palate despite the opulence and richness. Lovely salinity and phenolic tang. Great balance between the textural richness and vibrant acidity."

FINE+RARE (ON THE 2018 FRIULANO)

FINE+RARE (ON THE 2018 CHARDONNAY)

FINE+RARE (ON THE 2018 SAUVIGNON)

FINE+RARE (ON THE 2018 FRIULANO)

FINE+RARE (ON THE 2018 CHARDONNAY)

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L’ETÀ PIÙ BELLA

WITH AGE COMES BEAUTY

N.V. L’Eta Piu Bella Mixed Case (2xFriu 2xChar 2xSauv)

L'Eta Piu Bella

TASTING NOTES