Calabretta Rosso NV (750 ml) Bergerac vanilla and toasty oak

vanilla and toasty oak

mineral freshness but a touch rounder and fuller

the whole region began to pursue this varietal with almost unanimous concentration

and partly

Definitely enveloping

Calabretta Rosso NV (750 ml) Bergerac vanilla and toasty oakCalabretta also makes about 2,000 bottles a year of a rare white wine made from (mostly) old vine Carricante, interplanted with Minella Bianca (for acidity). It is aged in a combo of tank and neutral wood. This intriguing white is somewhat reminiscent of Pepes Trebbiano dAbruzzo, with melony fruit and hints of straw, hay and almonds. According to Massimiliano, Carricante is somewhat tight in its youth and requires a couple of years to express itself,