Pizzini Nonna Gisella Sangiovese 2024 is fresh cherry and dried herbs on the nose evolving to blood plums and berries — earthiness, spiced plums, cherries, chocolate and dried Italian herbs on the palate with balanced acidity, fine tannins and a savoury finish of outstanding King Valley distinction. Ruby with a touch of red brick. Approachable, complex and deeply rewarding. Named for Nonna Gisella — pasta maker, peacekeeper and woman of enduring wisdom. Cosa c’è di nuovo, non è ridicolo.
Tasting Notes
Appearance
Pizzini Nonna Gisella Sangiovese 2024 presents a ruby colour with a touch of red brick of exceptional clarity and King Valley cool-climate distinction, displaying the outstanding quality characteristic of fruit selected from Pizzini’s vineyard sites naturally producing medium-bodied wine styles of enduring Nonna Gisella Sangiovese character and genuine King Valley distinction.
Aroma
The nose begins with fresh cherry and dried herbs of exceptional vibrancy and King Valley distinction, evolving to reveal blood plums and berries typical of this variety — a bouquet of outstanding aromatic complexity and authentic Pizzini Nonna Gisella Sangiovese character. Deeply inviting, expressive and genuinely complex, with the hallmark Sangiovese cherry purity and dried Italian herb character that defines Pizzini Nonna Gisella at its finest.
Palate
Approachable and complex on the palate, with earthiness, spiced plums, cherries, chocolate and dried Italian herbs of exceptional depth and King Valley distinction — balanced acidity and fine tannins of outstanding structure complementing a savoury finish of enduring Pizzini Nonna Gisella Sangiovese character. A medium-bodied Sangiovese of rare cool-climate complexity, genuine Italian varietal character and enduring King Valley distinction — deeply rewarding and beautifully crafted.
Pairs With
This exceptional Pizzini Nonna Gisella Sangiovese 2024 is a natural companion to wood-fired pizza, a classic bowl of Nonna’s Spaghetti Bolognese, pasta with rich ragù, slow-braised lamb or aged pecorino — where its fresh cherry, spiced plums, chocolate, dried Italian herbs and savoury tannins deliver a King Valley Sangiovese experience of outstanding warmth, complexity and enduring Pizzini Nonna Gisella distinction.
