Danilo Thomain Valle d'Aosta Enfer d'Arvier, Aosta Valley, Italy 2022 1.5L Barbera and nicely focused

and nicely focused

pan-fried scallops

It feels young—you wouldn't guess it's already ten years old—and it has the textbook aromas from Rioja

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Danilo Thomain Valle d'Aosta Enfer d'Arvier, Aosta Valley, Italy 2022 1.5L Barbera and nicely focusedThe sole grower in this tiny subsect of the Valle dAosta who does not sell his grapes to the local coop, Danilo Thomain farms a single hectare of Petit Rouge surrounded by a dramatic alpine landscape with the peaks of the Matterhorn and Mont Blanc on the horizon. The vineyards of Enfer dArvier (Hell of Arvier) sits in a amphitheater carved from the mountainside where high altitudes and lots of sun exposure result in an intensely hot microclimate where