Giulia Negri, Langhe Pinot Nero La Tartufaia, 2017 NO20230823 more like a coastal white

more like a coastal white wine than a fortified and long-aged one

Ginestra Casa Maté is the estate's south-facing block inside the celebrated Ginestra cru

The Rosé version—based on 2020 and 2021 vintages—is vibrant and savory

and crushed stone minerality

Serve it cold over ice

Giulia Negri, Langhe Pinot Nero La Tartufaia, 2017 NO20230823 more like a coastal whitePinot Noir in Barolo country sounds like heresy until you see where it is planted. Giulia Negri's vines sit on the Serradenari hill above La Morra, among the highest ground in the zone, where the air is cooler and Burgundy's grape suddenly makes sense; she spent time in Burgundy learning how to handle it. La Tartufaia is the truffle wood alongside the vines, and it lends the wine its name; the Pinot Nero itself sits on the estate's cooler, north