2018 'A Vita Ciro Rosso Classico Superiore Riserva, Calabria, Italy Richard Stavek buoyed by fresh minerality

buoyed by fresh minerality

and complexity while bringing the final wine to 18% ABV

disgorged with 0g/l ​

mouth-watering acidity

Once bottled (always unfiltered and unfined) it sees a further 10-month ageing in bottle

2018 'A Vita Ciro Rosso Classico Superiore Riserva, Calabria, Italy Richard Stavek buoyed by fresh mineralityThe Riserva is 100% Gaglioppo from the vineyard Muzzunetto, the oldest vines of the estate, planted in 1968, facing north. The grapes were harvested in the first week of October at 50hl ha. Fermentation was spontaneous with an extended maceration of one month, after which the free run juice is drained (not pressed). Aged one year in a 2000L Slavonian oak botte. It undergoes a wide filtration and is then bottled aged until four years after the harvest.