C'era una volta il passato - 2011 - Stefano Bellotti

100% Chasselas from 20-year-old vines planted on a 0.3-ha plot of clay-limestone soil. Harvested by hand in early October when overripe, and at minuscule yields: 5hl/ha! The grapes are then left to dry in the open air until they’ve lost half their weight. Delicate de-stemming, gentle crushing, 7 days of maceration on the skins, minimum two years of maturation in barrels that have seen several wines. Neither fined nor filtered, and no added sulphites. Yet another exquisite nectar from Stefano: 125 mg per litre of residual sugar. A 37.5-cl bottle.