Liguria di Levante Rosso `Reconteso`

Italy
Liguria
2021

80% Massaretta, 20% Alicante Bouschet.   Massaretta, also known as Barsaglina, is a rare grape, with only 30 hectares found between Pisa and the Colli di Luni.  It's vigorous and finicky in the vineyard, very senstive to oidium.  Its wine characterized by wild aromas, lots of freshness, combined with pronounced tannin and bitter notes.  Reconteso ("recontested") is from a single vineyard of 0.4ha, average age of 50 years, where there is also some Alicante Bouschet, which nicely complements the more extreme tendencies of the Massaretta. Destemmed/crushed, macerated for 20 days.  Aged at least 8 months in stainless steel and released later than the whites.  2,000 bottles made. 

SKU/Code: 
DB4332-21
Product Line: 
Wine
Red
Farming Type: 
Organic