Bruno Verdi, Sangue di Giuda "Paradiso" Oltrepo Pavese Rosso Dolce, 2025 Levet and Gerard 2021 Cote Roties spending 18 months on the

spending 18 months on the lees

ensuring authenticity and character in every bottle

with tropical fruit and orange marmalade balanced by fresh acidity

and black olive

or just settling into a cozy evening with a glass of something bold and classic

Bruno Verdi, Sangue di Giuda "Paradiso" Oltrepo Pavese Rosso Dolce, 2025 Levet and Gerard 2021 Cote Roties spending 18 months on theSangue di Giuda, literally The Blood of Judas, is one of Italy's great fun, oddball wines: a lightly sweet, gently fizzy red from the Oltrepo Pavese in Lombardy, and Bruno Verdi makes a benchmark version. His Paradiso bottling comes from a single named vineyard and blends roughly 65% Croatina, 20% Uva Rara and 15% Barbera. Fermentation is stopped by filtration, leaving it with around 90 grams of sugar and a low 8% alcohol, so it's sweet, frothy and