Colorino is a member of the teinturier grape family, in which both the skins and pulp exude red juice.  (see also: Alicante Bouschet, Saperavi, Ancellotta).  It is a traditional dance partner w/ Sangiovese, with just a small percent giving a boost to the latter’s notoriously light and unstable...

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...

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...

Teatro is the smallest cru of the estate and also its highest, 0.7ha at 500m, facing South. This is a cooler microclimate with the oldest vines, planted in 1994. Yields of 21hl/ha, fermentation in stainless steel w/ macerations lasting 25 days. Aged in 1000-3000L casks for three years and an...

100% Inzolia (aka Ansonica). 12.4% abv.

Catarratto Lucido, guyot, planted in 2011, harvested in September at 33 hl/ha.  Destemmed, pressed, fermented and aged in stainless steel.  Released in March 2022, unfined/unfiltered.  6,600 bottles made. 11.7% abv.

Perricone, guyot, planted in 2015, harvested in early October at 42 hl/ha. Destemmed and crushed, with macerations lasting 8 days.  Soft-pressed, fermented and aged in stainless steel for 6 months.  Released in Spring 2022, unfined/unfiltered. 3,300 bottles made. 13.9% abv.

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...

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...

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...

100% Friulano, the wine that most tells the tale of Marco’s territory.  Made similarly to the Ribolla, and similar levels of production.

100% Cabernet Franc, which Marco calls the “the foreigner who’s not a foreigner.”  Usually harvested in early Oct, fermented between steel and concrete, 20-25 days of maceration.  Aged for a year in big cask. 4,000 bottles made.

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...