Majolini Brut, Franciacorta DOCG, Italy 2019 Catalonia warm blueberries and spice box

warm blueberries and spice box scents plus hints of tobacco and pencil lead

with floral and vanilla hints

round and easy tannins and a taunt finish

Vigneti Vecchio’s vineyards are a sight to see alberello-trained vines up to 130 years old poke out of a moonlike landscape of dusty volcanic sand that is occasionally bisected by errant solidified lava flows

luscious fruit and a long finish

Majolini Brut, Franciacorta DOCG, Italy 2019 Catalonia warm blueberries and spice boxNotes of yeast, vanilla and hay on the nose. Complete, full, charming, and persistent. The Brut is a wine with a clear personality, well defined, but with something that is enigmatic.