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2021 Guttarolo Anfora rosato 100% Susumaniello, macerated a day on the skin. Ageing in amphorae made from porcelain for a little stint before put into the market. Red berries, pomegrate with chalky minerality, texutral and complex despite be only 10,5% ABV. Lots of energy on the palate with high crispy acidity, savoury and salty are those element make the wine nourish and in a way Glou Glou; without being short and simple. On the opposite side this is a specail rose with high complexity and a real continental climate approach. We are not along the Danube or Rhine or the Marne river; instead we are down to Puglia an hot region in the south of Italy. Cristiano Guttarolo The vines are placed on a chalky, limestone soils, of Karst soil about 350 million years ago. Karst is an erosional process that changes the landscape by removing the carbonate rock at the surface and underground. This soil give the wines a minerality and a natural acidity. Gioa del Colle terroir is also cooler du...

Nebbiolo wines are perfumed with notes as "tar and roses"; with a moderate body; strong, tannic backbone; and high, fresh acidity. Nebbiolo is well-known for its relatively rapid transition from a violet-tinged ruby and purple color to brick-red and brick-orange hues in the glass. Rose petal, cherries, plums, violets, graphite, smoke, tar, mineral, and leather. A variety last to ripen, making it very susceptible to poor weather conditions in spring and autumn. Nebbiolo synonyms: Spanna, Picoutener, Chiavennasca. Arpepe: a family of winegrowers and, for over 150 years, we have been passionately devoted to the cultivation of Nebbiolo. Situated in northern Lombardy at the foot of the Alps; an historic estate based in Valtellina in the very north of Italy, with an alpine twist. The Nebbiolo in Valtellina is known as Chiavennasca (after the nearby town of Chiavenna). Most Valtellina vineyards sit at altitudes between 230 and 765 meters. The soils, typically alluvial: grave...

Marsala is a Sicilian fortified wines that are produced in a zone centered on the town of Marsala on the western end of Sicily. Its roots lie deep in the 17th century. First commercialized by the British merchant John Woodhouse in 1796, he was the first wine merchants to become involved in the Marsala trade. Marsala’s golden age was during the Napoleonic wars, with most of Spain and Portugal occupied by French troops, the Marsala trade boomed.  Marsala is mostly produced from four indigenous white grape varieties: Inzolia, Grillo, Catarratto and Damaschino. Red grape varieties, Nero d’Avola, Nerello Mascalese, Perricone/Pignatello, can also be used.  Age wise, Marsala falls into one of five categories: Fino (fine): Aged for one year or more, with eight months in barrel. Minimum alcohol content is 17% ABV. This wine is available as an ambra, oro or rubino. Superiore (superior): Aged for between two and three years, of which two must be in barrel. Minimum a...

4 hectares in the Aube, husband and wife Salima & Alain Cordeuil since 2011 have been making their own champagne, in very limited quantities. All the vineyards have been certified organic, the wines are producing naturally, strictly spontaneous fermentation and there is no or very little use of Sulphur Dioxide, also no Dosage.They try to give to the wines as much natural imprint from the power of the land. The wines mature for a long time on their lees to express all their character and vintage. . 2015 Salima et Alain Cordeuil Altitude 320m Brut Nature 100% Pinot Noir From a parcel exposed to the South at 320 meters of altitude in the village of Noé les Mallets. Rich colours give visual characteristics of “oeil de perdrix” without being a rose; I believe there is the use of taille must to extract phenolic and complexity. 7 years on less create a kaleidoscopic tertiary notes, with salty mineral essence. The Plate is long and complex. . raffaele mastrovincenzo . wine / spiri...

Karnage – New Jura Négoce Karnage is a collaboration between Stéphane Planche a sommelier at the high-end Arbois restaurant called Maison Jeunet, currently  he own a wine store Les Jardins de in the very centre of Arbois. The second person part in crime in Karnage  it is the négoce producer Charles Dagand. They have created the Karnage project, sorting grapes from around France and make the wine in Arbois. A savory wines with meaty, herbal and minerally qualities, dark fruit, garrigues with a tension acidity with a full rich mouthful. The palate is refreshing with complex core of fruit and herbs. The grapes are 50% Alicante Bouschet and 50% Merlot from the city of Carcassonne in Languedoc.  Un grand vin, chapeau.  . #karnagevin #arbois #jura #languedoc #vinvivant #vinnature Best raffaele mastrovincenzo --------------------------------------- wine / spirit / lambic / drinker ----------------------------------------- https://www.instagram.com/pi...

Cantina Giardino are located in  Contrada Petrara, 21/B, 83031 Ariano Irpino AV, Italy.  Very close to the famous DOCG of Campania, "Taurasi". They actually own vineyard in the famous "Montemarano cru". All their vineyards  are on many soil types as calcareous marls, volcanic deposits and limestone.  Antonio and Daniela from Giardino are famous to preserve old vineyards in Irpinia and around Campania, always with high altitude. They also try to preserve the region’s authoctonous grape varietals as Coda di Volpe bianca and Coda di Volpe Rosso, preserving old vines and try to express them in a very pure terroir driven. All the wines fermented spontaneous with their own yeast, sulphur is never added at any stage. The farming is pure and ancient without chemical; also they try to speak with nature to adapt the vintage to the millésime. The wines ageing in terracotta amphorae and large casks made with local chestnut made by a Cooper in the area, with no addit...

Dario Princic: is a leading producer of macerated white wines. He commenced working in his family vineyards as a child and since 1988 has cultivated his own vineyards without chemicals, utilising biodynamic farming principles. Dario commenced bottling his own wines in 1993. Today he owns 7 hectares of low yielding, close-planted guyot trained vines in the tiny hamlet of Oslavia on Italy's border with Slovenia. The vines are planted in the limestone rock called Ponka, a crumbly clay marl derived from sandstone which produces powerful, age worthy wines. Harvest is by hand, fermentation is in open oak vats, and maceration lasts between 10 and 30 days with final aging in very old barriques that no longer release any wood flavour. His wines have intensity, elegance and freshness. Less than 26,000 bottles per year are produced. Dario Princic is located in Oslavia in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, very close to the Slovenian border. He farms Tocai Friulano, Ribolla Gialla, Chardonnay,...

The Rabasco winery is located in a little town called Pianella, near Loreto Aprutino, in the heart of Abruzzo's on 400 meter average altitude, facing the Adriatic sea with La Majella & Gran Sasso mountains on the shoulder, a special place cover with vines and olive's production. Iole Rabasco, originally from Lucania, after graduating in law, decided to start a new adventure in the inland countryside of Pescara and bought a small estate in 2005. Together with her mother Giulia Palese, she realised her dream and launched a project of sustainability and quality, aimed to the purest and most natural aspects of the land into the wine.  .                              Iole and Giulia   The vines, which include varieties of Trebbiano d'Abruzzo and Montepulciano, are spread over 4 vineyards (Cancelli, Concheta, La Salita and San Desiderio) between Loreto Aprutino and the municipality ...

Edmond and Anne Vatan, father and daughter, are considered the most rigorous interpreters of Sancerre.  They offer a single wine, the Clos La Néore, which takes its name from a small parcel of Les Monts Damnès and is produced from vines that are at least 60 years old, managed following the classic local tradition.  The production has been gradually decreasing since the mid-nineties. Since the 2008 harvest, Anne has taken over the management of the vineyard and the cellar, and under the watchful eye of her father, she continues to maintain production at the highest levels. An iconic wine, risen to myth, which must be appreciated without haste and with great serenity. 60 years old vines 12 months in an unfiltered enamelled tank 2017  In the glass it is a continuous evolution: it opens quite close with smoky minerality and intense ripe gooseberry notes, immediately passes on floral tones and then with officinal herbs, musky tones and erbaceous as asp...