Tunella Friuli Colli Orientali Pinot Nero 2023 061126OFFER Deru is Caleb Taft's project

Deru is Caleb Taft's project — a Bay Area wine and restaurant veteran who moved north to make low-intervention wines from interesting Washington sites

Lavaux typically receives more new oak than the village wines

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A naturalist's Italian-grape California red that finally gets the variety right

Tunella Friuli Colli Orientali Pinot Nero 2023 061126OFFER Deru is Caleb Taft's projectFriuli's Colli Orientali is one of those border regions where the conventional Italian script gets thrown out and Pinot Nero (Pinot Noir) has a quiet but real history here. Tunella's version comes from the Zorzettig family's vineyards on ponca, the marl and sandstone soils that give Friuli whites their saline tension and lend Pinot a surprising lift. The wine is medium bodied, perfumed, and fresh closer in spirit to a cool climate Alpine Pinot than