2023 Terrevive ‘Olivia’ Rosato dell’Emilia IGT Fermo, Emilia-Romagna, Italy Claude Dugat white sandy soils

white sandy soils

Cépage: Chenin Blanc from Touraine-Amboise (La Grange Tiphaine)

Édouard and Victor Carré—fourth-generation vignerons—farm a total of 21 hectares of organic vines across Champagne and the Côte des Bars

although the new wave of great white Coteaux Champenois wouldn't be too far off the mark

The younger rye (sourced by High West) is produced on a column still and tastes of cinnamon

2023 Terrevive ‘Olivia’ Rosato dell’Emilia IGT Fermo, Emilia-Romagna, Italy Claude Dugat white sandy soilsGianluca loves to experiment with the fruits of his terroir, and this still ros wine is a project of his produced solely from the Oliva grape, one of the ancient Lambrusco varieties that takes its name from the olive like shape of its berries. Harvested from 70 year old pergola trained vines, the wine sees a light maceration, and it offers an intriguing interplay of ripe berries and a gently bitter textural sapidity on the palate, accompanied by an