2024 La Miraja 'Alterego' Viognier, Piedmont, Italy
Regular price $23.00
Unit price per
100% Viognier
Nestled within the original castle of Castagnole Monferrato, La Miraja was constructed as an armory in the 11th century, only to be retrofitted as a cellar in the 1400s. La Miraja (pronounced “me-rye-uh”) is tiny by any measure, comprising less than 4 hectares under vine. It is here that Eugenio, seventh genration winemaker, devotes his life’s work to producing roughly 2,500 transcendent cases of wine each year. Harnessing his years of working in wineries and distilleries across Italy, he imbues his wines with a haunting purity and a simple elegance.
Estate fruit from a vineyard situated 250 meters above sea level. Favorable eastern exposure spares the grapes from harsh afternoon sun, thereby ensuring great acidity. Hand-harvested fruit is destemmed and then crushed by basket press into stainless-steel tanks. Beautifully fragrant nose boasts fresh peach, apricot, and tropical fruit, mint and fresh hay. Medium bodied and texturally rich.