Brigaldara Valpolicella Classico 2023 PURYEARSALE Grand-Puy Ducasse is a Fifth

Grand-Puy Ducasse is a Fifth Growth Pauillac with a quirk: unlike almost every other classified estate

The Malabaila family has been farming this corner of Piedmont since 1362

The 2015 Merlot from Elyse captures that intensity—hand-harvested fruit fermented in small lots and aged in French oak to deliver dark fruit

then given a long rest in steel and cement before bottling

Brigaldara Valpolicella Classico 2023 PURYEARSALE Grand-Puy Ducasse is a FifthThis is Valpolicella the way it was meant to be: bright, snappy, and built for the dinner table rather than the trophy case. Brigaldara is a benchmark Veneto family better known for its brooding Amarone, but here they show the other side of the region, a fresh dry red from the Classico heartland made with no dried grape trickery. Corvina, Corvinone, and Rondinella grown at altitude give it lift and crunch, the kind of red you can chill slightly and