Liguria

(50% from Cru Fulavin vineyard, 50% from Cru Pini vineyard) from 40 to 130 year-old vines!

As clean and crisp as the breeze off the Mediterranean. This bright, lacy Vermentino offers tangy, citrus fruits and a delicate note of almonds at the finish.

From the importer: Ka' Manciné is a tiny estate in western Liguria, almost on the border with France, in the Rossese di Dolceacqua DOC. Maurizio Anfosso and Roberta Repaci own about 3 hectares of the Rossese variety, in the Beragna and Galeae crus. Maurizio and Roberta's wines are pale in color, medium bodied, extremely fresh and spicy, with lovely silky texture and refreshing juiciness. Lighter red wines are some of the best food wines, and these are some of Italy's most attractive examples.

Rossese del Dolceacqua is a local grape grown in a very limited area (about 200 acres, for a total production of 200,000 liters) on steep terraces made of schists and marls facing mostly East and South-East at altitudes between 300 and 450 meters above sea level. The very old and low yielding vines are planted at high density (up to 8000 vines per hectare) in the classic greek bush system. Maurizio Anfosso and Roberta Repaci, owners of Ka Mancinè, work the beautiful vineyards of Beragna and Galeae manually, with sheer respect for the environment and in harmony with the land. The Beragna vineyard was planted on its own roots in 1872 on very steep terraces facing south east on schists and marls, at an altitude of about 400 meters.