Podere Ruggeri Corsini Langhe Rosato Rosin 2023

This wine is a short and happy story of supply and demand. Podere Ruggeri is a relatively recent addition to the Langhe landscape, purchased by Loredana Addari and Nicola Argamante in 1994. At the beginning they made only red wines: Barolo, Barbera d’Alba, and Dolcetto d’Alba. One day, their Portland distribution company Casa Bruno requested that they make a little bit of Rosato for the Oregon market, something that had never occurred to them in the deeply red-centric world of the Langhe. The first editions of this wine were experimental. Blends of Nebbiolo with Barbera and Dolcetto, bottled in dark green glass, and a deep shade of light red. Over the years, Loredana and Nicola hae become more comfortable with the concept, and the wine has settled into its current form, a crunchy fresh Nebbiolo as pale as a partridge’s eye with arresting aromas of yellow raspberry, white strawberry and gooseberry, with limestone dust, rosemary and white pepper. The palate is supple and fresh, with fres