Scuppoz Amaro della Laga Old Rioja A whole-cluster Grenache filtered through

A whole-cluster Grenache filtered through a Burgundian sensibility—harvested in late August and raised in used barrels to preserve delicate purity

and red cherry alongside floral aromas of lavender and black pepper

perched on the rocky upper slope above the hamlet of Morgeot

the full Cote de Nuits resume - which makes a white from Marsannay a bit of a curiosity

after a sharp attack

Scuppoz Amaro della Laga Old Rioja A whole-cluster Grenache filtered throughScuppoz is dialect, from the Valle Castellana in Abruzzo, for the clink of glasses that calls everyone to a toast. The distillery borrowed the name in 1982, set up at Campovalano di Campli beneath the Monti della Laga, and this amaro was the first bottle they made. It is built on herbs and roots gathered on those mountains, infused and naturally sweetened, with no dyes or preservatives. It tastes like where it comes from: chamomile and mint up front,