“𝑷𝒖𝒍𝒊𝒏” 𝑪𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝑺𝒂𝒗𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒊 𝑹𝒐𝒔𝒔𝒐, 2015

🍇 70% Granaccia / 20% Syrah / 10% Barbera

Nice dark and muddy look - beautiful color. The bouquet is very dark and spicy, offering blackberry, blackcurrant leaves, black olive, sweet liquorice, tar, smoky game meat, black pepper and wood. Some Mediterranean herbs and a funny hint of tonka bean.

The palate is rich and full with medium acidity and easy going tannins, offering blackcurrant, baked plums, charcoal, vanilla, black pepper and dill in the finish.

The alcohol is definitely present on the palate, but it’s well integrated.

• Fermented in steel tanks (10 days maceration and three daily pump-over)

• Aged 13 months in 2nd and 3rd use barrique followed by 11 months in the bottle

• The variety of Granaccia is a local variant of Alicante, that’s very close to Grenache (Alicante is an old cross between Grenache and Petit Bouschet)

• In local dialect, "Pulin" means "last born," as this wine is aged longer than any other Bruna wine

Bruna, established in the 1960s, is located in the village of Ranzo Borgo (not far from Imperia and Savona) in the beautiful mountains of western Liguria with the famous terraced vineyards.

They work organically in their 7,5 ha vineyards and use only a tiny amount of sulfites when needed.

Colline Savonesi wines, like this Pulin, tend to lie at altitudes between 400 and 700 meters. All local varieties are allowed in the blend in any proportion - most often with Granaccia as the lead singer.

 ⭐️88/100⭐️ “𝑷𝒖𝒍𝒊𝒏” 𝑪𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝑺𝒂𝒗𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒊 𝑹𝒐𝒔𝒔𝒐, 2015 📍Ranzo Borgo

Lot 119 “O Não É Garantido”, 2019

🍇 Alicante Branco / Seara Nova / Boal (%?)

Brand new project from Portuguese Emanuel Frutuoso , who takes care of a small area of vines from his wife’s grandfather, consisting of different old vines planted in the 1950s.

He organically cultivates the vines, and during the winemaking process, more or less nothing are added nor taken.

“Safado” means something close to a naughty or roguish person - a charming and seductive Don Juan.

And his wines are, indeed, playful and seductive!

This wine is made from early harvested grapes (picked August 23rd !!!) grown on limestone and clay soils.

It’s fermented in steel tank and used oak barrels with indigenous yeast before 10 months elevage in used oak.

Already from the very first scent, you know you’re about to have something refreshing and interesting. Vibrant aromas of fresh green apple, lime juice, crushed chalk and soured dairy product mixed with a gentle, but clear, touch of volatile acids.

The palate is medium-bodied with great acidity and a sick minerality offering fresh green gooseberries, apple, lemon zest and juice and anise. It’s quite vegetal (green bitter stem and fresh leaves) and got a funny mild milkiness mixed with a tiny touch of tannins.

 ⭐️89/100⭐️ SAFaDO Vinhos Lot 119 “O Não É Garantido”, 2019

The name Unlitro represents “one litre of Ampeleia – an expression of Ampeleia's vitality and subtly delicate nature”. Vineyards are farmed biodynamically and organically.

As little as possible human intervention in the winery, with only indigenous yeasts used.

Grapes were sourced from the estate’s youngest vineyards located 200 to 350 meters in elevation.

Red-violet in colour with aromas of strawberry, rose petal, sour cherry, raspberry, dusty earth and peppery spice. Tasting very similar to the aromas with wild strawberry, morello cherry, cranberry, rose petal, tobacco with a shake of white pepper accented by fresh acidity and silky black tea tannins.

Black currant and a hint of black cherry linger on the dry spicy finish. Well balanced, well structured, fantastic on its own or with just about any dish. (Especially homemade pesto, ricotta, smoked mozzarella pizza)

Predominantly Alicante [aka Grenache, Cannonau] with Carignan and Alicante Bouschet

_  Ampeleia ‘Unlitro’ Costa Toscana Rosso IGT 2015

⭐️88/100⭐️ “𝑷𝒖𝒍𝒊𝒏” 𝑪𝒐𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝑺𝒂𝒗𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒊 𝑹𝒐𝒔𝒔𝒐, 2015 📍Ranzo Borgo

⭐️89/100⭐️ SAFaDO Vinhos Lot 119 “O Não É Garantido”, 2019

Friday night pizza with Ampeleia. The name Unlitro