My interest in skin fermented white wines was sparked in 2011 when it was still a new idea in this country
the 'Aux Echézeaux' bottling is from a single parcel of 80 year vines adjoining Charmes-Chambertin
Racked to tank a month prior to bottling we ever use is sulfur
Regional soils are called spungone
4 months in stainless steel with the lees before a light filtration
2022 Vino di Anna 'Q1000 Tartaraci' Rosso, Sicily, Italy Kurosawa My interest in skin fermentedOrganic. Blend of Nerello Mascalese and Grenache. This wine, the 'Q1000 Tartaraci,' was last released in 2016. Since then, isolated hail and mixed growing and ripening conditions have not permitted for a red wine to be made from this extreme, high altitude contrada (1000 meters above sea level). Finally in 2022, a small quantity of healthy, ripe, organically grown Nerello Mascalese and Grenache grapes were hand harvested from the 75 80 year old bush