Esotico 2020, Vini Sassara
Situated just outside Verona, in the Morainic Hills near Lake Garda, Vini Sassara is a new project from longtime natural winemakers Alessia and Stefano Bertaiola. With a background in agricultural research and development, Alessia joined forces with third-generation winemaker Stefano more than a decade ago and together they farm a 10-hectare site that has been in Stefano’s family for 50 years.
ABV: 10.5%
Size: 75cl
Grapes: Corvina, Rossanella, Rondinella, Molinara, Fernanda, Moscato, Trebbianello, Trebbiano, Garganega, Tocai
Region: Veneto, Italy
Info: Vegetarian, Vegan, Organic, Natural, Sustainable, Orange
Winemaker: Alessia and Stefano Bertaiola
Production
Esotico 2020 marks the first release from Vini Sassara, and what a debut wine it is. Made from no less than 10 different grape varieties - a mix of 30% red grapes (Corvina, Rossanella, Rondinella, Molinara) and 70% white grapes (Fernanda, Moscato, Trebbianello, Trebbiano, Garganega, Tocai), co-fermented, with skins for 10 days, this is a wine that is almost impossible to define. Is it red? Is it orange? Who cares, it’s absolutely delicious.
Tasting Notes
Light, bright, elegant, with notes of pomegranate, grapefruit, tangerine and wet stone, this ‘red-orange’ is one of the best things to come out of a difficult year for the world at large. In March 2021, we welcomed three more new wines from Sassara: a delightfully fruity light red; a supremely crisp, refreshing and well-balanced rosato; and a super dry, super mineral, super moreish easy-drinking white.