Picchioni, Croatina Buttafuoco Oltrepo Pavese "Solinghino", 2024 SO110421_Bordeaux_Sale elevation and exposure create a

elevation and exposure create a Brunello unlike any other in Le Ragnaie’s portfolio: mid-weight

Weiser-Kunstler is a benchmark Mosel estate for anyone who prizes purity and tension

or Savoie whites looking to explore Italy’s cooler

same vineyards

planted to Friulian clones

Picchioni, Croatina Buttafuoco Oltrepo Pavese "Solinghino", 2024 SO110421_Bordeaux_Sale elevation and exposure create aButtafuoco translates roughly to "sparks like fire" a swaggering name for one of Lombardy's most overlooked reds, made from Croatina in the hills of the Oltrepo Pavese. Andrea Picchioni is a small, organic minded grower who has quietly become a benchmark for this off the radar zone, working steep, stony hillside plots that most producers wrote off long ago. "Solinghino" blends Croatina with Barbera and Vespolina, sees about a week on the skins, and