crafted to showcase the best of both varieties
Charvin's 2016 is just stepping into its drinking window with the bulk of its life still ahead
and cranberry fruit lifted by floral notes
It comes from a single old-vine parcel planted in 1973 on iron-rich slate on the slopes of the Kasteelberg in the Swartland
and Alicante Bouschet grown on clay-limestone in the Vidigueira sub-zone
Dalia Maris, Piccolo Bianco, 2024 Eastern Europe crafted to showcase the bestDalia Maris is the personal project of Giampaolo Venica (yes, of Venica & Venica), named for his grandmother and built around old vine native grapes in the hills of Friuli in northeast Italy. Piccolo Bianco is his second wine, a blend of roughly 80% Friulano and 20% Ribolla Gialla drawn from the same old parcels as his flagship. The vines run 60 years and older, the farming is biodynamic, and the wine is whole cluster pressed, fermented with native