2023 Piquentum Blanc Malvasia

2023 Piquentum Blanc MalvasiaThis old vine Malvazija comes from a small, organic vineyard in inland Istria on the Adriatic right up by the Italian city of Trieste. On the label, the water dots represent the level of rainfall from October of the previous year to the September, month of the harvest. With a deep golden color, the wine is rich, smoky, savory, with a vibrant acidity and an incredibly silky texture on the palate. Its a very special wine made in very limited quantities

dark red fruits and a subtle smokiness that lends itself perfectly to grilled game meats

His family owns and farms (biodynamically) some of the most prized sites in Meursault and Puligny Montrachet from which he makes this Bourgogne Blanc

it's also lifted with notes of cedar

and ever so slight baking spice running through

The blend - a kitchen sink mix of organic

elevation and you’ll begin to understand what attracted David Hirsch to his extreme site back in 1980

all lower-case exclamations and wonder and eff words uttered in stunned disbelief

a wine made entirely of Susmaniello

This is one of the best natural wine values in the marketplace

and a perfect mixture of feral energy and old-school class

but the folks at Unti

and Carignan made from estate-grown organic grapes