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Controvento

Controvento Moby Dick 2021

$31.99

zero-zero
no added sulfur

Country: Italy

Region: Abruzzo

Type: Orange Wine

Grape: Trebbiano

Meaning “upwind” in Italian, Controvento is a 5 hectare vineyard in the Rocca San Giovanni region of Abruzzo, very close to the Adriatic Sea. Enzo’s farm, situated partially in a valley with the backdrop of the beautiful Adriatic in the distance, is a completely biological organically-run vineyard. Vines growing seven varietals all on calcareous soil are cooled by the salty sea breeze. The vines are fertilized with only winter green manure and are primed under falling moon. No chemicals of any kind are ever used. Enzo’s philosophy of winemaking is strict - he never fines, clarifies, filters, or uses sulfur, and always allows for spontaneous fermentation.

Moby Dick comes from Trebbiano grapes growing in vineyards looking towards the sea, planted from 1998 to 2001 on clay and calcareous soils. Spontaneous fermentation with only indigenous yeasts in steel tanks and aging in the same tanks. 7 days skin contact.

This is a fresh and minerally skin-contact wine with notes of melon and honey, and a saline edge.