2023 Cantina Massara di Gian Carlo Burlotto Verduno Pelaverga Piedmont, Italy Ultramarine Region: Montesquieu-les-Albères

Region: Montesquieu-les-Albères

Minimum of two years on the lees and sometimes three or four years before racking and is kept topped up

The wine matured for five months then the barrels were gravity fed to tank and left to settle overnight

Vinification: Sorted in the vineyard

And they don’t make many bottles

2023 Cantina Massara di Gian Carlo Burlotto Verduno Pelaverga Piedmont, Italy Ultramarine Region: Montesquieu-les-Albères100% Pelaverga Piccolo. Hailing from three vineyard sites in the village of Verduno: Silio (southeast at 280 m. a. s. l.), Campasso (east at 250 300 m. a. s. l.), and Neirane (east at 210 m. a. s. l.). Planted on chalky white, rather sandy soils. Utilizing the espalier training system with Guyot pruning, the vineyards range in age from 10 to 35 years old. The planting density is 4,200 vines per hectare and yields are 90 quintals per hectare. Harvested