Monastero Suore Cistercensi Lazio Rosso Benedic 2024 no ups Attractive aromas of toasted agave

Attractive aromas of toasted agave

Rodez crafts this wine with meticulous care

usually far too precious to be bubbled

40% pinot noir

Distilled from hearty New York rye

Monastero Suore Cistercensi Lazio Rosso Benedic 2024 no ups Attractive aromas of toasted agaveThe nuns really do make the wine. The Cistercian sisters of Vitorchiano, about an hour north of Rome, farm their vineyards themselves and have done so organically since the early 1990s, with Giampiero Bea of Paolo Bea advising them since the early 2000s. Benedic is their only red and the hardest of their wines to lay hands on: equal parts Ciliegiolo and Sangiovese with a splash of Merlot (45 45 10) grown on volcanic soils, fermented naturally for