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Criante - Catarratto Macerato IGP Terre Siciliane `CM- Contrada Valle`
Catarratto from Sicily, Italy

Catarratto Comune, alberello (bush vines), planted in 1993, harvested in September at 33 hl/ha. The grapes are destemmed and then left to macerate on the skins for 8 days, with fermentation and aging in stainless steel. Aged 8 months and released in Sept 2022. Unfined/unfiltered. 1,600 bottles made...

Organic
DB4212-23

Criante - Vino Bianco 'G- Contrada Modica' (Grillo)
Grillo from Sicily, Italy
Organic
DB4211-23

Criante - Perricone IGP Terre Siciliane `P- Contrada Valle`
Perricone from Sicily, Italy
Organic
DB4214-22

Criante - Vino Bianco 'G- Contrada Modica' (Grillo)
Grillo from Sicily, Italy
Organic
DB4211-22

Criante - Perricone IGP Terre Siciliane `P- Contrada Valle`
Perricone from Sicily, Italy
Organic
DB4214-21

Criante - Catarratto IGP Terre Siciliane `C- Contrada Valle`
Catarratto from Sicily, Italy
Organic
DB4210-23

Criante - Catarratto Frizzante IGP Terre Siciliane `Niente Panico`
Catarratto from Sicily, Italy
Organic
DB4213-23

Criante - Nero d`Avola Sicilia `N- Contrada Valle`
Nero d'Avola from Sicily, Italy

Nero d’Avola, guyot, planted in 2011, harvested in late September at 42 hl/ha. Destemmed and crushed, with macerations lasting 10 days. Soft-pressed, fermented in stainless steel. Aged mostly in stainless, with 15% of the total aging in 500L tonneaux for 6 months. unfined/unfiltered. 3,300...

Organic
DB4215-22

Fratelli Alessandria

Fratelli Alessandria - Barbera d'Alba
Barbera from Piedmont, Italy

100% Barbera from the Verduno vineyards of Neirane (W- 330-440m) and Cristiani (W- 250-280m), 1.2ha total, average vine age of 20 yrs. Harvested in early October. Stainless steel fermentation, on the skins for 6-8 days. Aged between stainless and cement for 7 months. Released in June 2022. ...

Organic
DB4168-23

Fratelli Alessandria - Verduno Pelaverga 'Speziale'
from Piedmont, Italy

100% Pelaverga Piccolo, a variety unique to Verduno! Fruit from 2.6ha of vineyards, between 250-350m: Riva Rocca, Campasso, Boscatto, Neirane, Sotto Orti, Galleria. Harvested in the second half of September. Stainless steel fermentation, on the skins for 6-8 days. Aged between stainless and...

Organic
DB4170-23

Fratelli Alessandria - Barbera d’Alba Superiore 'Priòra'
Barbera from Piedmont, Italy

The Barbera Superiore comes from the oldest vines of Rocche dell’Olmo (Verduno- 310-360m, East) and Gramolere (Monforte d’Alba- 400-450m, SW). Harvest is usually in the first half of October. Stainless steel fermentation and aged for 12-14 months in 500L tonneaux and 2000L cask). 2,000 bottles...

Organic
DB4293-21

Fratelli Alessandria - Barolo Gramolere
Nebbiolo from Piedmont, Italy

The cru of Gramolere, located in Monforte d’Alba, is Fratelli Alessandria’s lone plot outside of Verduno. They own 2ha here. The wine is made exactly as the other two single-cru wines. As it’s on the older Arenarie di Diano D’Alba soils, high in sand, and the altitude is higher, this wine tends to...

JS:94 Organic
DB4174-20

Fratelli Alessandria - Barolo San Lorenzo di Verduno
Nebbiolo from Piedmont, Italy
JS:93 Organic
DB4172-20

Fratelli Alessandria - Barolo Monvigliero
Nebbiolo from Piedmont, Italy

Monvigliero is arguably the most important cru of Verduno and Fratelli Alessandria has some of the biggest holdings there, 1.4ha. Exposures are South to Southwest, 250-310m. High average vine age of 45 years. Made similarly to the Barolo San Lorenzo. Monvigliero exalts the beguiling florality...

WS:95 JS:93 Organic
DB4173-20

Fratelli Alessandria - Barolo del Comune di Verduno
Nebbiolo from Piedmont, Italy
WS:93 JS:92 Organic
DB4171-20

Marco Sara

Marco Sara - Ribolla Gialla Friuli Colli Orientali
Ribolla Gialla from Friuli, Italy
Organic
DB4203-23

Marco Sara - Verduzzo Passito Friuli Colli Orientali
from Friuli, Italy
Organic
DB4318-22

Marco Sara - Picolit Colli Orientali del Friuli
from Friuli, Italy
Organic
DB4204-22

Marco Sara - Verduzzo Passito Friuli Colli Orientali
from Friuli, Italy
Organic
DB4318-23

Marco Sara - Schioppettino Friuli Colli Orientali
Schioppettino from Friuli, Italy
Organic
DB4206-22

Marco Sara - Friulano Friuli Colli Orientali
Friulano from Friuli, Italy
Organic
DB4200-22

Marco Sara - Refosco dal Peduncolo Rosso Friuli Colli Orientali `El Re`
Refosco from Friuli, Italy
Organic
DB4207-22

Marco Sara - Ribolla Gialla Friuli Colli Orientali
Ribolla Gialla from Friuli, Italy
Organic
DB4203-22

Marco Sara - Refosco dal Peduncolo Rosso Friuli Colli Orientali `El Re`
Refosco from Friuli, Italy
V:90 Organic
DB4207-21

Marco Sara - Friuli Colli Orientali `Monte della Guardia`
Friulano from Friuli, Italy

Monte della Guardia is Marco’s cru, 0.5ha, super steep terraces descending from 300 to 175m. 80% Friulano, 20% Picolit on ponca (typical soil of friable, alkaline clay marls). Harvested end of Sept. Direct-pressed, fermented in stainlees, aged in one 1000L cask (which happened to be new this year...

Organic
DB4202-20

Marco Sara - Friulano Friuli Colli Orientali `Erba Alta`
Friulano from Friuli, Italy
Organic
DB4201-21

Marco Sara - Cabernet Franc Friuli Colli Orientali `Frank`
Cabernet Franc from Friuli, Italy
Organic
DB4205-22

Skull Wines

Skull Wines - Skull Red Wine
Zinfandel from California, United States

30% Zinfandel, 20% Syrah, 20% Mission, 10% Petite Sirah, 10% Cabernet Sauvignon, 10% Alicante Bouschet - sourced from organically farmed vineyards. All lots were fermented separately using whole-cluster carbonic maceration in stainless steel for 6-10 days before being pressed into a mix of concrete...

Organic
DB4144-21

Skull Wines - Skull White Wine
Pinot Gris from California, United States
Organic
DB3945-21

Skull Wines - Skull Sparkling Wine
Pinot Gris from California, United States
Organic
DB3946-21

Skull Wines - Skull Orange
Vermentino from California, United States
Organic
DB4445-22

Skull Wines - Skull Pink
Zinfandel from California, United States
Organic
DB3840-23

Divina Clementia

Divina Clementia - Ribeira Sacra
Mencia from Bierzo, Spain

65-80-year-old Mencia vines planted on granite and sand soil, located on south-facing slopes along the banks of the Mino River (320m elevation). Grapes are farmed organically, harvested by hand, and left 20% whole cluster. Crushed by foot, fermented with indigenous yeasts in stainless steel tanks,...

JG:94+ WA:93 Organic
DB4280-18

Can Descregut

Can Descregut - Corpinnat
Xarel-lo from Penedès, Spain
Organic
DB4279-21

Ancestrale

Ancestrale - Vino Bianco 'Vino III'
from Sicily, Italy

60% Malvasia di Lipari, 30% Catarratto, 10% Grillo, planted in 1980. 0.5ha plot in Valdichiesa, a valley between the two spent volcanoes--Monte dei Porri and Monte Fossa delle Felci. 250m, facing southwest. Sandy topsoil over lava rock. Harvest at the end of August at yields of 35hl/ha. Destemmed...

Organic
DB4321-22

Ancestrale - Vino Bianco 'Vino I'
Malvasia di Lipari from Sicily, Italy

100% Malvasia di Lipari, planted in 1970. 0.5ha plot in Contrada Porri near Valdichiesa, a valley between the two spent volcanoes--Monte dei Porri and Monte Fossa delle Felci. 250m, facing northwest. Sandy silty topsoil over lava rock. Harvest at the end of August at yields of 35hl/ha. Destemmed...

Organic
DB4319-22

Ancestrale - Vino Rosso 'Vino II'
from Sicily, Italy

Corinto Nero, Nerello Mascalese, and Perricone planted in 1970. 0.4ha plot in Contrada Porri near Valdichiesa, a valley between the two spent volcanoes--Monte dei Porri and Monte Fossa delle Felci. 250m, facing northwest. Sandy silty topsoil over lava rock. Harvest at the end of August at yields...

Organic
DB4320-22

La Felce

La Felce - Liguria di Levante Rosso `Reconteso`
from Liguria, Italy

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...

Organic
DB4332-21

La Felce - Vino Rosso `Felcerosso`
from Liguria, Italy

Sangiovese/Massaretta/Canaiolo/Merlot. From 2ha of vineyards with sandy topsoil. A quick, 5-day maceration w/ fermentation in concrete and aging in stainless. The Felcerosso (like the Felcebianco) is aged for a short time, bottled in January after harvest. It's meant to be a versatile and tasty...

Organic
DB4328-22

La Felce - Liguria di Levante Bianco `In Origine 400`
Vermentino from Liguria, Italy
Organic
DB4330-22

La Felce - Liguria di Levante Bianco `Monte dei Frati`
Vermentino from Liguria, Italy

100% Vermentino. Monte dei Frati is a 2.5-ha hillside vineyard with higher presence of the sedimentary sandstone mother rock. Destemmed/crushed, macerated for 2 days, then aged in stainlees steel. A more upright and complex wine compared to Felcebianco, salty and round at once. 15,000 bottes...

Organic
DB4329-22

La Felce - Vino Bianco `Felcebianco`
from Liguria, Italy
Organic
DB4327-22

Puech Redon

Puech Redon - VDF Rosé "Apparente"
Cinsault/Syrah from Languedoc, France
Organic
DB4375-23

Puech Redon - VDF Pétillant Naturel Blanc "Pour de Vrai"
Viognier from Languedoc, France
Organic
DB4413-23

Puech Redon - VDF Rouge "Apparente"
Cinsault/Grenache/Mourvedre from Languedoc, France

85% Cinsault/7% Grenache/8% Mourvèdre. From certified-organic estate vines just northwest of the ancient city of Nîmes and just south of the Cévennes mountain range. The vines range from 10-30 years old, are planted on varying clay-limestone soils and have a generally eastern exposure. The terrain...

Organic
DB4415-21