Made from 100% Passerina grapes grown in thevineyards of Abruzzo, where the cooling breezes of the Adriatic Sea meet the mountain winds descending from the Maiella massif. The variety is renowned for its naturally vibrant acidity and expressive fruit character, making it ideal for producing fresh, approachable white wines. The grapes are harvested by...
85% Malbec and 15% Merlot to bring down the youthful "rigor" of the blendfrom organically cultivated vineyards on gravel and limestone soils with clay. The grapes are vinified in stainless steel tanks at relatively high temperatures with very careful cap breaking, and each individual vineyard plot after being vinified separately will be blended in the...
Benje Blanco is produced on the northwest side of Tenerife in the most mountainous organic vineyards at an altitude of around 1000m. The vines are autochthonous, ranging in age from 70 to 100 years and the Listan Blanco variety may be better known to you as Palomino Fino from the dry sherry of the Andalusian coast. Of course here Listan Blanco comes...
70% Garnacha Tintorera, also known as Alicante Bouschet and 30% from Moravia Agria a grape with low alcohol and high acidity are the blend of Albahra which means small sea. The two varieties are vinified separately in cement tanks with Garnacha undergoing whole-bunch fermentation while maturation is in cement for Garnacha and in neutral barriques for...
Classic, a little rustic, the best you can expect from Italy in this quality/price ratio. And ifChiantibrings to mind trattorias and red tablecloths, therein lies its charm. It's direct, familiar, enjoyable and utterly comforting. All this delivered through a quality lens that in recent years has revolutionised the region and restored its name in wine...
Probably the closest you'll get to anarchetypal Chianti Classico, but one that is not just for immediate consumption, but worth waiting a few years for. If simple Chianti Classico or Meraviglie epitomize the casual and straightforward style of wine, here we have a more mature and aged version that manages to balance both pleasure and seriousness. If you...
The Garakis family's Vidiano comes from four organically cultivated vineyards, all locatednear the village and planted in poor, limestone soils. The process begins with 24 hours of skin contact at low temperature, before alcoholic fermentation begins, which lasts about 15 days under controlled conditions. The wine remains in contact with the fine lees for...
The 25-year-old organic vineyard is located on limestone, rocky soils on the slopes of Kounavos, atthe foot of Peza in Heraklion. The Muscat Spina buds came from the province of Selino in Chania, the place of origin of the variety, and have been grafted onto the native Rozaki variety. The harvest takes place in two phases: the first with a lower Baumé to...
The French response to a dry German Riesling is as sharp as this youthful and fresh Muscadet. It is a combination of young and older vines from different terroirs on the estate with very careful yields, which is the Achilles' heel of Muscadet. The use of whole bunches, spontaneous fermentation in glass-lined concrete vats and six months of contact with...
Short skin contact at low temperatures. The mustfrom the red varieties is blended with the fermenting must of Muscat of Spina, enhancing both color and aromatic complexity. The wine remains in contact with fine lees in stainless steel tanks for about three months, gaining volume and a touch of complexity. A versatile wine suitable for all...
The grapes come from various vineyards in Montlouis, some of them from Les Epineys, aged between 30 and 80 years old and the harvest is always done by hand. The grapes are pressed with the whole bunches, then de-stemmed for 24 hours naturally and the juice is transferred to the barrels (225 and 400 litres) where it will ferment with the indigenous yeasts....
