Barbicaia Rosso di Montepulciano 2019 SPDESSERT Distilled on Treasure Island in

Distilled on Treasure Island in San Francisco

this blend of majority Meunier and Chardonnay offers a discreet nose

including wild strawberries

with a salty mineral drive running under everything

An excellent gateway into the world of fine American spirits

Barbicaia Rosso di Montepulciano 2019 SPDESSERT Distilled on Treasure Island inFrom a single half hectare plot in Montepulciano, Marco Barbi makes only about 3,000 bottles of this a year, genuinely scarce, hand farmed Sangiovese. The name comes from local dialect for the tangle of vine roots that surface from the ground, which tells you how close to the earth this operation runs. It's the young, fresh, declassified sibling to Vino Nobile: fermented with wild yeasts, aged mostly in seasoned wood, and built to drink now rather