2024 GRENACHE ROSÉ / ADELAIDE HILLS OPTIONS:6 PACKEVEN IL CATTIVO HAPPILY SHOWS OFF HIS FEMININE SIDE NOW AND AGAIN. BEAUTIFULLY AROMATIC, THINK FAIRY FLOSS, TURKISH DELIGHT AND CRANBERRIES. THE PALATE IS BONE DRY BUT HAS GREAT FRUIT WEIGHT AND LENGTH. GRAPES ARE CAREFULLY SOURCED FROM IN AND AROUND THE ADELAIDE HILLS WHERE IL CATTIVO WAS INSPIRED BY THE TRAMONTO BELLISSIMO, BEAUTIFUL SUNSETS REMINDING HIM OF HIS HOMELAND. EXPECT A LITTLE BLUSH OF COLOUR.
SOME WILD YEASTS AND PARTIAL MALOLACTIC FERMENTATION
ITS PEACHY
GIVES THE TEXTURE OF SUCKING ON AN APRICOT STONE WITH A LEAN
AND A LIFT OF NORI ON THE NOSE
BEST SLURPED YOUNG YET PROMISES A FINE EVOLUTION OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS
A FRESH TROUBLEMAKER STRAIGHT OUT OF ADELAIDE HILLS
IL CATTIVO’S FIRST-EVER VERMENTINO
THE PALATE HAS THAT CHEEKY WAXY CRUNCH OF QUINCE SKIN THAT MAKES YOU GO BACK FOR ANOTHER SIP
IL CATTIVO RECOMMENDS: PAN-FRIED SARDINES
DARE TO PAIR WITH ANYTHING FROM PIZZA TO LAMB – THIS WINE DOESN'T PLAY IT SAFE
MILD VINTAGE IN THE ADELAIDE HILLS
PERFUMED DRIED THYME AND FINISHING WITH BLOOD ORANGE ACIDITY