Colombera & Garella Lessona Pizzaguerra 2019 REDBURGUNDYROUNDUP ending with a hint of

ending with a hint of toasted oak

juicy everyday red with real Rioja pedigree behind it — a house wine from a serious house

Low-intervention

There is a palpable duality of the pure well rounded fruity/ foral aromatics and the archaictactile presence of a gentle astringency

Delicious pre-dinner while snacking on olives

Colombera & Garella Lessona Pizzaguerra 2019 REDBURGUNDYROUNDUP ending with a hint ofColombera & Garella is one of Alto Piemonte's very best producers Cristiano Garella's wines are picture perfect representations of these varied northern terroirs, organically farmed and naturally made. Lessona Pizzaguerra is their top single vineyard cuve, a Nebbiolo based wine from a high site of sandy maritime soils layered over crystal rich igneous subsoils a geology unlike anywhere else in Piedmont. The result has a kind of pointillist feel: