2016 Tenuta Santa Caterina "Monferace" Grignolino d'Asti, Piedmont, Italy

then chilled the wine down to stop fermentation and bottled the juice

followed by a wine steward position at One&Only Cape Town’s contemporary Asian restaurant Nobu

Planetes is a blend of young-vine Garnatxa Negra and Carinyena that is harvested by hand

“they didn’t think it was possible to use 100

The vineyard is markedly steep (70º) with south facing slopes composed of rocky porphyry and produces wines characterized by softer acidity and a subtle smokiness

Tended in sandy loam

In Maligny

The founding families reclaimed the Monte Bello terraces

This hand harvested sparkling wine is made from 100% Chardonnay grapes from multiple vineyards within the Uco Valley

The fruit comes from 8-50 year old vines grown on limestone

stainless-steel tanks

120 kilometers (75 miles) from the Atlantic Ocean