Kante Venezia Giulia Pinot Nero Selezione 2019 NO20230726 Jean-Claude Bessin and his son

Jean-Claude Bessin and his son Romain practice biodynamic viticulture on their 12-hectare estate

dessert sherry

dark mahogany-colored wine

it’s then distilled once

bittersweet profile comes from quinine in the cinchona bark and the mountain gentian's natural bitterness

Kante Venezia Giulia Pinot Nero Selezione 2019 NO20230726 Jean-Claude Bessin and his sonEdi Kante is one of the great uncompromising winemakers of the Carso, the rugged limestone plateau between Trieste and Slovenia. He is best known for whites (Vitovska, Malvasia, Chardonnay), but in select vintages he releases a tiny amount of Pinot Nero from high elevation vines planted on pure karst. The Selezione is his top tier small lots chosen in the cellar, aged three years in 250L French oak (only 10% new), then another two years in bottle