A Vita - Il Rosso 2021 (750ml) Monferrato

A Vita - Il Rosso 2021 (750ml) MonferratoDepending how you look at it, A Vita can either be viewed as a lifetime or from life. Either way you see it, this small winery is bringing a breath of fresh air to the most southerly region on the bootCalabria. Dup Francesco and Laura de Franco farm in the DOC of Ciro, straddling the area between the Ionian sea and the Sila mountains. The area is known more so for its bulk wine, though A Vita makes about 2000 cases in total. Their approach to farming

Vermouth Amaro Cocchi has been created according to the original recipe by Giulio Cocchi where Artemisia was enriched with rhubarb

yet complex

The nose gives away fresh almond

The taste is enveloping

Sustainably farmed vines

and freshly grated lemon zest

smoky and spicy aromas emerging from a

With has a rounded

along with array of spicy notes

melon and peach abound on this profoundly aromatic sparkler

On the palate it has good freshness with a long finish of sweet almond and vanilla

There's plenty of richness here with plush tannin to frame the acid-driven structure