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Praesidium - Bianco IGT Terre Aquilane "Lucì" (Trebbiano Abruzzese)
Trebbiano Abruzzese from Abruzzo, Italy

Lucì (short for Lucia), is made with 100% Trebbiano Abruzzese, perhaps the higest-quality biotype of the many Trebbianos found throughout Italy. It comes from a 0.8ha parcel called Vigna La Monacesca, planted in 2013, with a northeast exposure. Harvest was on Sept 22, at yields of 6,200kg/ha (42hl...

Organic
DB3640-21

100% Riesling, selected in the Mosel, and planted at Maestà della Formica in 2014. This is an extreme vineyard, 0.6ha at 1050m, densely planted at 9400 plants/hectare, with the dramatic peak of Monte Sumbra (1795m) as a backdrop. The topsoil is sand and silt, with very little clay. Much of the...

Biodynamic
DB3978-21

Maestà della Formica - IGT Toscana Bianco 'Vignesperse'
from Tuscany, Italy

Vignesperse or "Scattered Vineyards," is about 50% Trebbiano and 50% Malvasia from four vineyards, totaling 1.6 hectares, in the villages of Campo, Cascio, Roccalberti, and Antisciana. The parcels are between 50 and 150 years old, at 300-700m above sea level. Harvested in mid/late September, made...

Biodynamic
DB3977-22

Marco Sara

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

Marco Sara - Friulano Friuli Colli Orientali
Friulano from Friuli, Italy
Organic
DB4200-23

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

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

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

Organic
DB4202-21

Ancestrale

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
DB4319-23

La Felce

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
DB4329-24

La Felce - Vino Bianco `Felcebianco`
from Liguria, Italy
Organic
DB4327-24

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

Turi Marino

Turi Marino - Catarratto IGT Sicilia Bianco "Turi"
Catarratto from Sicily, Italy
Organic
DB4559-23

Barraco

Barraco - Bianco Terre Siciliane 'Bianco G' (Grillo)
Grillo from Sicily, Italy

Grillo from contrada Rina Vecchia, in Castelvetrano, about an hour's drive from the Baracco cellar. Vines planted in 1975. 10-20m above sea. Sandy, iron-rich red soil over limestone. 24 hours of maceration. Fermentations between stainless steel and 3000L chestnust cask. Aging between concrete and...

Organic
DB4608-23

Barraco - Grillo Terre Siciliane 'Altogrado'
Grillo from Sicily, Italy

Grillo from 0.2ha in Contrada Comuna (Mazara del vallo- iron-rich red soil) and Contrada Abbadessa (Marsala- limestone-based clay), both over limestone mother rock. Planted in 1977. The grapes are harvested in mid-September at full ripeness. Destemmed, crushed, with 24 hours of maceration....

VM:92 Organic
DB4614-16

Barraco - Bianco Terre Siciliane 'Bianco G' (Grillo)
Grillo from Sicily, Italy

VM:92 Organic
DB4608-22

Barraco - Bianco Terre Siciliane 'Fior di Mare' (Catarratto)
from Sicily, Italy

Catarratto, from a 0.8ha vineyard at sea level, recently taken in rental, vines planted in 1989. Sandy/silty topsoil, but chalk below the surface. Direct-pressed (no maceration), fermented in stainless steel and aged between steel and used oak tonneaux for 8 months. Tiny production of just 600...

VM:90 Organic
DB4618-21

Barraco - Bianco Terre Siciliane 'Le Dame' (Grillo) MAGS
Grillo from Sicily, Italy
Organic
DB4617-21

Barraco - Bianco Terre Siciliane 'Fior di Bianco'
from Sicily, Italy

The Fior di Bianco and Fior di Rosso are Nino's first attempt at making a wine with multiple varieties from multiple vineyards. They're meant to be young, fresh, and accessible. 45% Grillo, 35% Catarratto, 15% Grecanico, 5% Zibibbo from 3ha of vineyards scattered throughout the Marsala zone, with a...

Organic
DB4600-24

Barraco - Bianco Terre Siciliane 'Altomare' (Grillo)
Grillo from Sicily, Italy

Grillo as a synthesis of Nino's experience, from four different vineyards, planted 1975 to 2009, harvested in different periods and treated in different ways: part direct-pressed, part maceration, part whole-bunch infusion, part coming from Nino's oxidative wine called Altogrado. Once blended it's...

Organic
DB4612-22