Ronchi di Cialla Friuli Colli Orientali Schioppettino RiNera 2023 agrapart This blend of 90% Merlot

This blend of 90% Merlot and 10% Cabernet Franc shows opulent power: an opaque purple robe

It is distilled in copper and aged in oak casks

The 2021 is generous and structured

A blend of Rutherford and Carneros fruit aged in both barrel and concrete egg

Ronchi di Cialla Friuli Colli Orientali Schioppettino RiNera 2023 agrapart This blend of 90% MerlotSchioppettino was all but extinct after phylloxera until Paolo and Dina Rapuzzi brought it back from a handful of surviving vines in the 1970s and helped get its cultivation declared legal again in 1976, with the first modern vintage following in 1977. Since founding Ronchi di Cialla in 1970, this family has stayed under the radar with the public while occupying sacred ground for Italy collectors and Friuli geeks. They farm naturally on a limestone