Punset - Arneis, Piedmont, Italy (2023)

TASTING NOTES

Golden colour and intense floral notes opening to fruit and honey, repeated on the palate with good body, persistence and balance. Complex and well-structured. Its light acidity allows the layers of flavours to gently unfold on the palate.  

The grapes, cultivated according to organic farming methods, are carefully selected and harvested by hand, in perforated crates. After harvest, half of the grapes are destemmed, and the other half ferments with whole cluster. Both halves are pressed softly together and the fermented juice ages over the fine lees with batonnage for 7-8 months.

Punset is an innovator when it comes to organic wine. Inheriting the estate in 1982, Marina Marcarino is a fifth generation winemaker.

She transformed all 20 hectares of her land into a fully organic vineyard during a time where major producers of Barolo and Barbaresco were abandoning tradition to compete commercially. Instead of following the trend, she struck out on her own, and made wines that resonated with her past and passions. Known for the very first certified organic Barbaresco of Italy, Marina continues to show the world that you can preserve tradition and think of the future simultaneously.