Sophie Schaal Pinot Noir 2024 Region_Curico A beautiful variant of Cocchi

A beautiful variant of Cocchi Americano

It’s pure

with dramatic day-night temperature shifts that help preserve acidity even in a warm Mediterranean climate

and are rooted in sandy loams over clay shot through with ironstone

Softer washed-rind cheeses work too

Sophie Schaal Pinot Noir 2024 Region_Curico A beautiful variant of CocchiThe Land Sophie Schaal is based in Hunawihr, one of the pretty hilltop villages between Ribeauvill and Riquewihr in the heart of Alsace. This is limestone and clay country in the foothills of the Vosges, whose rain shadow makes Alsace one of the driest, sunniest corners of France. Pinot Noir is the only red grape permitted in AOC Alsace, and on these cool, calcareous soils it takes on a Burgundian cast: red and dark fruit with acidity and lift rather