2020 Carpineti 'Nzu' Nero Buono Lazio IGT cherchi and whipped fennel pollen butter

and whipped fennel pollen butter

Refined tannin

but pan-fried and slowly hydrated

preserving kumquats

2020 Carpineti 'Nzu' Nero Buono Lazio IGT cherchi and whipped fennel pollen butterLazio is the region surrounding Rome and, as does the rest of Italy, has a long history of winemaking, though the wines remain relatively obscure. Lazio is actually a fascinating land with limestone and volcanic soils. Here, producers were making natural minimal intervention wines for export before it was trendy. Carpineti is a small family run operation in the town of Cori, a Medieval town in the forgotten hills of Lazio. Just about 50km outside of