{"title":"Castello di Luzzano","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt’s been years since we’ve taken you south of the Po river, to the rolling hills where Lombardy’s Oltrepò Pavese meets Emilia’s Colli Piacentini. It’s an overlooked borderland with real character: limestone-clay slopes, altitude, and a deep everyday-wine culture that prizes “drinking” wines over trophies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNames can be tricky here. In Oltrepò, “Bonarda” on the label is the grape most of Italy calls Croatina: dark-fruited, savory, smoothly structured. Cross the border into Emilia and the local classic is Gutturnio, a blend of Barbera and Bonarda.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWith that regional language lesson out of the way, let’s look at one of our favorite producers of these wines: the Castello di Luzzano. They farm on both sides of the regional border line and maintain a tradition we love: holding wines back for later release. In a world where most reds hit shelves as soon as the ink on the label is dry, Luzzano’s patience means you can buy bottles that are already beautifully mature.  \u003c\/p\u003e","products":[],"url":"https:\/\/sf.flatiron-wines.com\/collections\/castello-di-luzzano.oembed","provider":"Flatiron SF","version":"1.0","type":"link"}