Etoile du Raisin - 2007 - Stefano Bellotti - Magnum

A blended cuvée of 85% Barbera, 10% Dolcetto and 5% Ancellotto, from 25-year-old vines, cultivated on clay soils in the Montebello vineyard. Yield: 50 hl/ha. Vinification: maceration and fermentation with skins for 2 months, matured in vats and casks for 4 years. Zero sulphites added at bottling, and no filtering. In Stefano’s words: "L'Etoile is a concentration of the vibrations of the world, captured by plants to constitute their being. Thanks to the long maturation process during its creation, it manages to embody in a particularly elegant way this game of contrasts between the world of growth – of the liquid and continuous – and that of construction – of the solid. Its great richness fills our sensory world entirely, while remaining fluid and easy to drink."