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Ronchi di Cialla, Schioppettino, 2019

Red Wine from Friuli, Italy
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This is the Schioppettino from the family that brought the grape back from the edge, and it's their serious bottling: oak-aged, tightly wound and built to last, unlike the young, fresh RiNera. When Paolo and Dina Rapuzzi founded Ronchi di Cialla in 1970, they tracked down about 60 surviving Schioppettino vines with help from the mayor of Prepotto. The grape wasn't on the list of varieties authorized for planting, so replanting it meant risking a criminal complaint and having the vineyard torn out. Cultivation was declared legal again in 1976, the first vintage followed in 1977, and all the Schioppettino in Friuli (and even California) traces back to them. Their sons Ivan and Pierpaolo, both entomologists who still do research in the field, run the estate today. The fruit comes from two south-facing hillside vineyards in the Cialla valley, an officially recognized cru just under three miles from the Slovenian border, where vines averaging 50 years old grow in Eocene marl and marly sandstone. The family says it can age 20 to 25 years, so think of this 2019 as a bottle with a long road ahead. Their own advice is to serve it around 18°C (about 64°F) and open it a few minutes before pouring.

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More about Ronchi di Cialla

Paolo and Dina Rapuzzi founded Ronchi di Cialla in 1970 in the hills of Friuli's Colli Orientali with one goal: make great, age-worthy wines from indigenous Friulian varieties. They rescued Schioppettino from near-extinction in the 1970s and made it their signature, alongside Refosco, Verduzzo and Picolit. Their sons Pierpaolo and Ivan carry on today. Wines with real backbone and personality.

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Wine Details

  • Grape Variety

    Schioppettino

  • Vintage

    2019

  • Size

    750ml

  • Farming Practice

    Organic

  • Style

    Crisp

  • Sweetness

    Dry

  • Body

    Medium Bodied

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Tasting Notes & Food Pairings

Perfect Pairings

Roast pheasant or guinea fowl, pork loin roasted with rosemary, porcini risotto or a wild mushroom tagliatelle, and mid-aged alpine cheeses like Montasio. As the wine ages, try it with white or summer truffle shaved over fresh egg pasta.

Tasting Profile

Expect Schioppettino's signature white and cracked pepper over currant, blackberry and cherry, with balsamic and forest-floor notes and a subtle frame from oak ageing. Typically medium-bodied and tightly wound, with high acidity and fine tannins, it finishes dry and long. Think of the peppery lift of a cool-climate Syrah, in a leaner, more savoury frame.

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