Bottle shot of Pizzini Pietra Rossa Sangiovese

Pietra Rossa Sangiovese 2021

Pizzini Wines

Try if you like Chianti

red cherries | plum | black pepper

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Drew's Tasting Note

Instant aromas of red cherries and plum, but allow this wine to breathe, and you will also be greeted with generous notes of cracked black pepper and leather. The fruit is fresh on the palate with a luscious and balanced blend of gentle acidity and rich, soft tannins. Lovely to drink now, and has a few years’ ageing potential.

Producer: Pizzini Wines | Vintage: 2021 | From: King Valley, Victoria, Australia | Alcohol: 13.8 | Style: medium-bodied red, still | Grape: Sangiovese

The Winery

From Trentino in Northern Italy to the King Valley in Australia, the Pizzini family have come a long way over the past sixty years. In 1956, Rosetta and Roberto Pizzini began a new life and business for their family in Australia, soon joined by Roberto’s brothers and their families growing tobacco. In the 1970s, Roberto's sons Alfredo and Rinaldo began diversifying the business and planted their first Riesling vines in 1978. A few years later, Alfredo started experimenting in the vineyards, planting Nebbiolo and Sangiovese, Italian grape varietals of his family’s heritage. By the 1990s, Alfredo had also planted white Italian varietals Arneis, Picolit and Verduzzo. Alfredo and his wife Katrina produced the first under the Pizzini label in 1994. Today, the winemaking is led by their son, Joel, and more Italian grape varietals, including Pinot Grigio, Brachetto, and Glera, have since been planted in the Pizzini vineyards.

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