Sangiovese, Tuscany, Italy

A smoked, cherried and bloody amphora aged sangio for times of immense contemplation. One of GW Imports newest Italian producers, ciao La Ginestra! La Ginestra is a worker-owned and managed Tuscan farm with over 130 hectares of land, with 7.5 under vine, the rest home to roaming cows, 700 beehives, pigs, legumes and grains. Dario Nocci acts as winemaker and part-owner who came from a conventional wine education background, but shed that restrictive skin in favour of creating wines that breathe with life and stir up feeling. The 17-20 year-old sangiovese teen grapes spend a few days macerating (without stems) for a not too dense, but craggy structure, with one year in clay amphora chasing its tail into oblivion. FUN FACT! The explanation for the cuvée name we received from Dario goes like this, “Tutto means "everything" in Italian, and is linked to the Ouroboros image, a divine symbol of infinity, eternity and unity of being. The circle of death and life... the border between me and you... those differences appear when we don't feel the greater picture”, food for thought! Hickory, candied cherry, sanguine enough for a vampiro, salt splash, hard clay, plum skin, old bus seat & chunky rocky road tannins. Enjoy while contemplating the eternal cycle of creation and destruction. #ouroborosforever