Tasting Notes: Bucce means skins, as in macerated on the skins / macerato sulle bucce. This macerato / orange wine is very drinky: sour Mirabelle plums, sea salt, and dried white flowers float on bass notes of coastal wild rosemary... Read More
Tasting Notes: Twenty percent of Giacomo’s Grechetto grapes are affected by botrytis, a noble rot that can be best associated with Sauternes. Thanks to a later-than-usual harvest, 30 days of skin contact, and a 36-month... Read More
Tasting Notes: The Grawu GT. O. is a skin-contact Gewurztraminer wine with hints of Alpine woodland, almond paste and dried flowers. The palate has a bright acidity balanced by a richness and a slight tannic pull.... Read More
Tasting Notes: The Grawu Pinot Grigio is a skin-contact, or orange wine, made from Pinot Grigio grapes that are fermented using indigenous yeasts in large wooden barrels. It is partially macerated for up to 5 days then aged with... Read More
Tasting Notes: The Zamo Orange Zero is a skin-contact 'orange' wine made from Malvasia. Slight tannins, ripe apricot, and hints of hazelnut come through.
Estate History: Le Vigne di Zamò dates back to 1924 and has... Read More
Tasting Notes: The Marco Tinessa 'Ognostro' Bianco is a ‘natural’ skin-contact Fiano from 40-60-year-old vineyards located in Montemarano, Campania. Ripe pear, wild herbs, and a presense of wood-smoke and fresh-tilled... Read More
Tasting Notes: The second of Bea’s two early and highly influential skin-macerated white wines, “Santa Chiara” hails from the fabled Pagliaro cru, and combines roughly equal proportions of five varieties: Garganega,... Read More
