2016 Elio Ottin Pinot Noir DOP, Valle d’Aosta
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Valle d’Aosta, Italy’s smallest region, is located in the Alps bordering France and Switzerland. Home to the highest vineyards in Europe, this is truly viticoltura di montagna. Elio and son Nicolas farm apples, have a herd of dairy cows to produce the local Fontina and make an impressive and growing range of artisan wines from local varieties Petite Arvine, Petit Rouge and Fumin plus Pinot Noir and Nebbiolo.
The Elio Ottin 2016 Vallée d'Aoste Pinot Noir is a classic wine that boasts extreme varietal and territorial purity. There is no mistaking this for anything but a cool-climate, mountain Pinot Noir. The wine is extremely balanced and elegant with wild rose, lilac and redcurrant. You also get flint and crushed slate. Those mineral nuances add to the almost salty nature of the wine's elegant mouthfeel. This wine is already open and accessible at this young stage, but it promises to evolve slowly with more time in the bottle. Some 14,000 bottles were made.
94 points Monica Larner The Wine Advocate Dec 2018 2018-2026
| Product/Service Sold Out | Yes |
|---|---|
| En Primeur | No |
| New Arrivals | No |
| Wine Type | Red Wine |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Valle d’Aosta |
| Varietals | Pinot Noir |
| Vintage | 2016 |
| Bottle Size | 750ml |
| Wine Points | 94 |
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