Cantine Garrone 'Munaloss' Vino Rosso 2024

Cantine Garrone 'Munaloss' Vino Rosso 2024In 1921, Luigi Garrone started making wine in Val d'Ossola, the northernmost corner of Piemonte. Even now, a century later, this place feels wild and inaccessible. Vines cling to mountainsides and you wonder how anyone gets up there, let alone harvests anything. Luigi's grandsons Piermario and Roberto run things now, along with Roberto's sons Marco and Matteo. Four generations in, and they've taken on a pretty significant mission: keeping the local

Fuzzy peaches

But this rosé isn't from their home vineyard

it's deep and full-bodied

their own project

There was something about this wine that stood out during the tasting with Tomoko in Toronto this past April

There's a little prickle to it

and ever-so-slightly floral

This wine is made from the first grapes they harvest each year

Pour it alongside grilled sardines

Passion fruit and white peach doing a little dance

a plate of olives marinated with citrus peel and coriander

Chanterêves has worked these same plots for years