Institut Agricole Regional Vallee d'Aoste Fumin 2018 070226CHILL red-fruited

red-fruited

with a pleasant acidity

A traditional Italian digestif which is increasingly growing in popularity

the very first bottling in 1996

Rich flavors of raisins

Institut Agricole Regional Vallee d'Aoste Fumin 2018 070226CHILL red-fruitedFumin is the great red grape of the Valle d'Aosta, and almost nobody outside the valley has heard of it. It turns up in the written record as far back as 1785, making it one of the oldest documented varieties in this corner of the Alps, and the Institut Agricole Regional the valley's agricultural college, whose Joseph Vaudan winery doubles as a teaching cellar makes one of the reference bottlings. Think of it as a mountain cousin to Nebbiolo: