Manenti Vittoria Frappato 2024 extra-brut-selection Kirin in the distant past

Kirin in the distant past

herbaceous nose of candied citrus and stone fruit

galangal and vanilla

The oldest whisky in Diageo's 2024 Special Releases lineup

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Manenti Vittoria Frappato 2024 extra-brut-selection Kirin in the distant pastFrappato is the grape that ruins people for heavy red wine. Grown in Vittoria's iron red sand over limestone, it comes out pale, floral and nearly weightless, closer in spirit to Cru Beaujolais or a cool climate Pinot than to anything most people expect from Sicily. Guglielmo and Marita Manenti farm four organic hectares of traditional bush vines here and make this with no extraction and no oak, which is the entire point: nothing gets in the way of