Tenuta La Viola Romagna Rosso Oddone 2024 Vintage:2024 In a world full of

In a world full of specific appellation rules that might tell a winemaker what sort of soil they can plant their vines in

on river-born soils rich in granite and quartz pebbles

the family did not sell

A vanishingly rare grape native to Piedmont is making some interesting noise around town

Tenuta La Viola Romagna Rosso Oddone 2024 Vintage:2024 In a world full ofIn the hills of Bertinoro, the Gabellini family makes Sangiovese. This is not Chianti, which has always made these red wines something of a challenge to sell, but if Romagna is going to make Sangiovese this good, maybe its time to change that. The terroir here is a complex mix of Italys signature clay limestone marl with sediments brought by the nearby Po river over millenia. The Adriatic sea is about a half hour away by car, but the plain below is so