Valli Unite Rosso "Alessandrino" 2016 and resplendant with smooth cocoa

and resplendant with smooth cocoa tannins

never using synthetic herbicides or pesticides

juniper berries

are trained in the alberello system (Provençal bush-vines) and are planted at such incline that no mechanized work is possible

just to throw the curious off the trail

Valli Unite Rosso "Alessandrino" 2016 and resplendant with smooth cocoaBlack fruited from the soil's health, grapes are grown on the Tortonese hills, a portion from vines planted by Valli Unite's grandparents. Grapes come from 60% 10 15 year old vines and 40% 40 year old vines from white clay and tuff. Grapes are handpicked from the Ulivi vineyard and are de stemmed and crushed before being transferred to cement tanks to begin fermentation spontaneously. The liquid is pressed off the skins after about one week and the