Alasia Brachetto d’Acqui 2021Vintage 2021 Size 75cl ABV 5. 5% Tasting Note The Brachetto variety may have originated in Provence, but today it is grown in much larger quantities in Italy, in particular in Piemonte. The Brachetto vine is delicate, giving low yields from which sweet red wines with the colour and flavour of strawberries are produced. The grapes for Alasia Brachetto d'Acqui are sourced from vineyards in the Monferrato hills in the south of the province of Asti.

distinctive flavour and mildly tannic structure

Interestingly (to me anyway) the grapes are hand harvested before being foot trodden with the juice remaining in contact with the skins for a couple of days before spontaneous fermentation in steel tanks

pleasant and persistent in the mouth

bitter chocolate

30km from the Pacific Ocean and 183 meters above sea level

Skin contact gives this an attractive pithy bitterness

It has touches of black fruit jam and liquorice warm

The 2016 vintage is extremely rich and precise without being excessive

This is gloriously full with ripe

Full and charming structure

Pressed after an 8-10 day cuvaison

this Gigondas is characterised by its power and structured tannins