Colombera & Garella Lessona Pizzaguerra 2019 JULY4 on a parcel that sits

on a parcel that sits just outside the Morey-Saint-Denis boundary

is why it drinks so light on its feet — Brendan Stater-West is chasing the crunchy

it's aged a minimum of five years before release

A stunning debut from a new venture by the Bérêche family—growers

then three more in Northern California

Colombera & Garella Lessona Pizzaguerra 2019 JULY4 on a parcel that sitsColombera & 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: