Birichino Saint Georges Zinfandel 2021 Size::1 Bottle typical of wines deriving from

typical of wines deriving from the sandy soils of the Roero area

a Chardonnay of pedigree

Concrete is preferred to stainless steel as it allows the wine to breath over the maturation period

beef tartare ravioli or a roast fillet of deviled duckling with cranberries

Birichino Saint Georges Zinfandel 2021 Size::1 Bottle typical of wines deriving fromAlex Krause has the Besson Zinfandel vines to thank for his nickname, El Carnicero (the butcher). Many passes are made through the old Zinfandel block each year, pruning out underripe, raisined or less than perfect berries and losing up to 80% of the crop in any given year. Its a miserable grape, he tells us, only half joking. After swearing they would never make a Zinfandel, Alex and John now make three. The first vintage of the Saint Georges