Rapa Giovanni Liquore di Noci Ratafia' di Andorno no ups and the indigenous Lebanese grape

and the indigenous Lebanese grape Obeidi from high-altitude vineyards on Mount Lebanon

Lynch-Bages 2021 is one of the bigger

A fantastic example of terroir-expressive Chardonnay

At least 40% destemmed

25% pinot noir

Rapa Giovanni Liquore di Noci Ratafia' di Andorno no ups and the indigenous Lebanese grapeThe walnuts go into the alcohol on the night of June 24th, still green, still wrapped in their husks. That's the tradition in Andorno Micca, a village in the Valle Cervo above Biella in Piedmont, where the nuns of the Monastero di Santa Maria della Sala were already making ratafi back in the 1600s. Giovanni Rapa founded his liquorificio in the village in 1880, and it has been turning out the same liqueur ever since. The green walnuts macerate for