Valentina Passalacqua, Project Calcarius Nú Orange (1litre), Puglia, Italy Fortified minimal handling and no punchdowns

minimal handling and no punchdowns

always delicious to drink

It is drier and tends to have higher diurnal temperature range than it's more famous neighbour so while often the grape varieties grown are similar

generous ripe fruit and a delicate touch of spice and white pepper

They are then aged in old barrels and are bottled unfined

Valentina Passalacqua, Project Calcarius Nú Orange (1litre), Puglia, Italy Fortified minimal handling and no punchdownsValentina Passalacqua grows indigenous grape varieties on the uncompromising limestone soils of the Gargano national park in Puglia, in the heal of Italy. After several years working the vineyards, alentina decided to isolate some of the plots which have exclusively Kimmeridgian calcareous soils and give very particular and delicious characteristics to the wines. We have three of the resulting Project Calcarius wines, a red, white and orange, in litre