The Abbazia di Novacella 2017 Alto Adige Pinot Nero Riserva Praepositus is a beauty. This wine presents delicate and finely nuanced aromas that span from wild berry and cassis to dried lavender and lilac. Pinot Nero offers so many of those random aromas too, such as orange zest, white licorice root and cedar. You get those here too. This wine is aged in barrique and tonneaux for two years, but only one-third of the total sees new wood. There is a touch of phenolic bitterness in this vintage. Production is 10,000 bottles.