Punta Crena Vigneto Reine Mataossu Colline Savonesi IGT, Liguria, Italy 2021 La Croix de Beaucaillou and a phenomenal finish

and a phenomenal finish

The 2019 Familia Montana Rioja Crianza offers ripe stone fruits with balsamic notes and a toasted touch

mossy complexity and its freshness mark it clearly

and something that is reminiscent of a Christmas tree

Punta Crena Vigneto Reine Mataossu Colline Savonesi IGT, Liguria, Italy 2021 La Croix de Beaucaillou and a phenomenal finishPunta Crenas Matassu vines are oldplanted in 1930and face the sea, and theres a windswept quality to the wine. It has a spicy nose, like aromatic wild herbs and flowers, tough and stunted from the constant marine breeze. Underneath lies a hint of ripe pear. In the glass, its lean, bracing, and tangyjust what you want when digging into a plate of fried calamari.