Luvaira Rossese di Dolceacqua Superiore

Silken and transparent. Red berried, delicately herbal and precise; like a super mineral cru Beaujolais, with a northern Italian inflection.

Awesome. Nose is ripe but full of fresh black cherry; cherry liquer, herbal notes, some bay. Beautiful red fruit acid driven wine with lots of minerals on the palate. Rossese has got to be the varietal find of the year for me. So lithe and pure and delicious. But I think this will develop for years.

Veronelli wasn't wrong at all in predicting the extraordinary aging potential of Rossese; and wasn't wrong in comparing its tertiaryzed finesse and elegance with some of the best Pinot Noir from Burgundy. The nose of this 2001 brought me straight to Chambolle: dried herbs, white pepper, brine, salt water. Super cool stuff for sure

Prettier color than it tastes. Light, fresh tobacco tart red fruit. Very boozy but you wouldn't know it. Soft tannins.

Thanks Jeremy for the reco

Really peppery and jammy. I dunno, not really into it and not sure I'd buy it again. More expensive version of a Kumusha red.

Leave no stone unturned and no indigenous Italian grape untasted.

Very nice. Much prefer the Luvaira to the green labels.

Fabulous

Smooth, fruits go well with Donny.