Uva Non Grata Gamay, 2023 Itata Mendocino and Solano County Green

Mendocino and Solano County Green Valley

70% Tempranillo

Tollini VIneyard

FUSO project wine made by Dario Serrentino

Terra Alta

Uva Non Grata Gamay, 2023 Itata Mendocino and Solano County Green100% Gamay. This is a bright, candied red licorice esque wine with a gorgeously interesting nose of musk, white daisies, nutmeg, bright yellow lemon. The palate gives ripe black plum, blackberry, and rhubarb. The name, "Uva Non Grata" refers to Gamay's maligned history of being considered a secondary and unimportant grape compared with Pinot Noir, the more noble Burgundian grape, in fact even outlawed by Philip the Bold in 1395. This is a playful