This is an unusual and unexpected red wine with rose petal and spicy black pepper aromas, rich, perfumed black cherry and strawberry flavors restrained by tangy acidity and fine-grained tannins. The grape variety is Lacrima from the town of Morro d’Alba in the Marche region of Italy. It almost disappeared until a DOC was created in 1985. Luckily for us, the Guisti family farms this grape seriously to make a seriously delicious wine.
Luigi Guisti, Lacrima di Morro d’Alba (Marche, Italy) 2008
By Rebecca Murphy