2021 Montisci 'Barrosu' Cannonau di Sardegna

100% organic (uncertified) Cannonau (aka Grenache) from an alberella-trained, 60 year old, 2 acre vineyard on sandy granite soils. Fermented with native yeasts in open top bins with daily punchdowns, and aged 1 year in 1500L and 2000L Slavonian oak botti Bottled unfined and unfiltered. 15.5% alcohol. “Barrosu” is a local expression for somebody who is brash or arrogant. Giovanni Montisci has earned a cult-like following in Italy and beyond for this, a beast of a wine that lives up to its moniker while simultaneously exhibiting a grand cru level of complexity and refinement. Flavor-packed and full bodied. Rich and complex, perfumed of wild fruit, blood orange flowers, Mediterranean herbs, and spices—a truly compelling translation of this extreme terroir. Best suited to intensely flavored foods.