2022 Vino di Anna 'Q1000 Tartaraci' Rosso, Sicily, Italy Kurosawa Shake Ridge

Shake Ridge

My interest in skin fermented white wines was sparked in 2011 when it was still a new idea in this country

Wine will be here Feb 2025

4 months in stainless steel with the lees before a light filtration

This “winemaker’s approach” to whiskey highlights unique attributes of mature barrels at a proof where the blend drinks best

2022 Vino di Anna 'Q1000 Tartaraci' Rosso, Sicily, Italy Kurosawa Shake RidgeOrganic. Blend of Nerello Mascalese and Grenache. This wine, the 'Q1000 Tartaraci,' was last released in 2016. Since then, isolated hail and mixed growing and ripening conditions have not permitted for a red wine to be made from this extreme, high altitude contrada (1000 meters above sea level). Finally in 2022, a small quantity of healthy, ripe, organically grown Nerello Mascalese and Grenache grapes were hand harvested from the 75 80 year old bush