Prima Materia Sangiovese 2021 no ups and a touch of warm

and a touch of warm spice

A unique amaro based on the indigenous Mirto berry

The colour of Col del Forno is soft yellow with greenish highlights

Deathly tart and cooling with strong notes of Jolly Ranchers

and the name of this bottling is not subtle about it

Prima Materia Sangiovese 2021 no ups and a touch of warmCalifornia made a lot of bad Sangiovese in the 1990s, and the grape has been paying for it ever since. Which is a shame, because the problem was never Sangiovese, it was planting it in hot valley floors and treating it like Merlot. Prima Materia works out of Lake County with an estate built around Italian varieties, and the Sangiovese here keeps what makes the grape great in Tuscany: acidity, savory tomato leaf character, and tannins that grab. The