Sanct Valentin Pinot Nero Riserva 2017

The San Michele Appiano 2017 Alto Adige Pinot Nero Riserva Sanct Valentin is fragrant and pure, offering a lot of aromatic impact over a lean, mid-weight mouthfeel. Wild cherry, rose and candied orange peel back from the bouquet with white licorice, smoke and soft earthy tones. It's all very vivid and spectacular. This was not an easy growing season, and yields were reduced across the region. This is the kind of Pinot Nero you could present with confidence alongside a platter of poached smoked salmon with a creamy dill sauce.

Intense, bright ruby. Opens with light toasty notes, then lots of ripe strawberry, some blood orange. Finesse and complexity on the palate, clear, memorable fruit, fine-meshed, well-placed tannin, juicy and long.