The 2017 Pinot Nero Case Via is not exactly representative of the Burgundian grape. From a hot and dry vintage, this wine opens to ripe aromas with cherry skin and dark fruit roll-ups. The bouquet continues with cherry cough drop, natural rubber, soapy lavender and church incense. There is a slightly vegetal touch that recalls olive or Provence herbs in those little burlap sachets. Of these new releases from Fontodi, this Pinot Nero seems to have been hit hardest by the heat and drought of the vintage.