Punta Crena Vigneto Reine Mataossu Colline Savonesi IGT, Liguria, Italy 2021 La Croix de Beaucaillou black plum

black plum

Around 30% of the crop was lost to mildew in 2020

So much ripe gooseberry

The complexity is off the scale

Notes of white flowers such as chamomile and citrus fruits such as grapefruit and lemon stand out

Punta Crena Vigneto Reine Mataossu Colline Savonesi IGT, Liguria, Italy 2021 La Croix de Beaucaillou black plumPunta Crenas Matassu vines are oldplanted in 1930and face the sea, and theres a windswept quality to the wine. It has a spicy nose, like aromatic wild herbs and flowers, tough and stunted from the constant marine breeze. Underneath lies a hint of ripe pear. In the glass, its lean, bracing, and tangyjust what you want when digging into a plate of fried calamari.