Grosjean, Fumin Vigne Merletta Vallee d'Aoste, 2022

Fumin is the Valle d'Aosta's most structured and longest-lived wine, and Grosjean's exclusive bottling from Vigne Merletta demonstrates this grape's inherent complexity. Deep color belies a wine of finesse—woodsy berry fruit and layers of complexity emerge alongside soft tannins that make it approachable in youth. Spontaneous fermentation in wood vats and aging in tonneaux round the tannin profile, creating a wine that drinks like a serious Freisa with more refinement and cellar-worthiness.